Terror Alert Shuts Down Florida Highway
he Florida Highway Patrol shut down a 20-mile stretch of Interstate 75 near the southern Gulf Coast of the state early Friday morning after bomb-sniffing dogs found potential explosives in two cars, the Associated Press reported.
Known as "Alligator Alley," I-75 is a major cross-Florida highway that runs between Naples on the west to near Fort Lauderdale on the east.
The road was still closed as of 8 a.m. EDT, and three men have been detained, AP said. The highway patrol said the road was blocked between mile markers 80 and 100, or from a tollbooth east of Naples, which is on the Gulf coast of Florida, to State Road 29.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation issued an advisory after a waitress in Calhoun, Ga. told police she overheard three men of Middle Eastern descent discussing terrorist plans Wednesday night.
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