Suspicious package at downtown WTA station detours buses

Written by Caleb Hutton | The Bellingham Herald | November 30, 2012

By Caleb Hutton

Update: See bottom of this post.

A suspicious package has suspended operations at the Whatcom Transportation Authority bus station in downtown Bellingham.

Few details about the package — and what made it appear suspicious — were available, but buses were on alternate routes as of 4:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30.

Police are investigating.

Operations at Bellingham Station have been temporarily suspended.Buses are on detour.Expect delays.

— WTA (@ridewta) December 1, 2012

.@alexwritesnw @ridewta Suspicious package at the station. #Bellingham police looking into it.

— Bellingham Crime (@bhamcrime) December 1, 2012

Update at 4:25 p.m. Right as I hit publish, I got word back from WTA spokeswoman Maureen McCarthy.

The package was a briefcase left behind by a passenger. It turned out to be harmless. The cops have cleared the scene.

Bellingham Station operational again.All buses returning to normal routing.

— WTA (@ridewta) December 1, 2012

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