BUFFALO — The Erie County Bomb Squad is on scene at Canalside where Buffalo Police report that they are removing a suspicious package found inside a portable john this morning.

According to BPD, law enforcement began to investigate the package around 9:30 a.m. after it was found by a worker who was cleaning this morning.

A robot removed something from the portable toilet and placed the unknown item into a container.

Police have shut down traffic in the immediate vicinity, particularly on Marine Drive between Commercial and Hanover streets.

UPDATE: Buffalo police say the item “does not appear explosive in nature.”

All WNY File Photo by Helen Bach.


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