Emergency Service Units responded to the threat of a potential dirty bomb off of the coast of Charleston, South Carolina Wednesday night.
Officials with the Coast Guard say federal and state authorities are continuing to investigate a potential threat which was reported at the Wando Terminal Wednesday night.
Coast Guard officials say the FBI is investigating a report of a “dirty bomb” aboard a vessel.
A dirty bomb is composed of conventional explosives and radioactive material.
According to emergency officials, no radiation has been found at this time.
A report by the Coast Guard states that at 8 p.m. authorities were made aware of a potential threat in a container aboard the vessel Maersk Memphis.
The Coast Guard scanned and cleared four containers and have arrested an individual they call the ‘original source’ of the threat. The person detained is being further questioned by authorities about the potential threat at the Wando Terminal. The terminal is set to reopen on Thursday Morning as the zone has been cleared.
#update the original reporting source of the threat in port of Charleston has been detained by authorities for further questioning.
— USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) June 15th, 2017
At this time there is no additional information about the potential ‘dirty bomb’ off of the coast of South Carolina other than, according to SHTFPlan.com, the GPS tracking data of the vessel and its precise location;
