Ricin scare at DC base is false alarm

Published April 23, 2013 9:48pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — A defense official says an investigation of a possible suspicious letter at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., has turned out to be a false alarm.

Lt. Col. Thomas Veale, spokesman for the Defense Intelligence Agency, said Tuesday that while mail screening equipment alerted officials to the possible presence of a toxin, no suspicious letters or packages have been found at the facility.

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