Crime & Safety
Bag With Unknown Powder Substance Found At CVS In Shirley: Police
It will be destroyed, a Suffolk police spokesperson says.
SHIRLEY, NY — A bag was found with an unknown powder substance and it was removed by Suffolk police from CVS in Shirley on Thursday morning, a police department spokesperson said.
An employee found the bag on a shelf at the chain drug store's Montauk Highway location, and officers have "invoiced it," a according to police.
It is not clear what the substance was.
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The substance, which was not tested, is being destroyed, police said.
Further information was not available.
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The incident happened at around 8 a.m.
Patch has reached out to CVS.
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