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Downtown streets reopened after suspicious package cleared
Traffic has resumed after being blocked Wednesday morning while police investigated a suspicious package downtown.
A suspicious package that caused traffic delays in downtown Atlanta on Wednesday has been cleared by police.
Officers blocked Marietta Street, Cone Street and Williams Street from incoming traffic to investigate the package, police spokesman Officer Anthony Grant said. The department’s SWAT unit was on the scene and worked to remove the package.
The area was locked down about 10 a.m. The call was cleared without incident and traffic resumed Wednesday afternoon, police spokeswoman Tasheena Brown said.
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