South Carolina terminal cleared after claims of ‘dirty bomb’ aboard ship that had just returned home from the Middle East
CHRIS SPARGO
DAILYMAIL.COM
15 June 2017
A terminal at the Port of Charleston in South Carolina was cleared on Thursday evening while officials investigated the threat of a dirty bomb on a container ship.
The US Coast Guard said that a ‘YouTube conspiracy theorist’ notified them that there was an explosive stowed away on the Maersk Memphis.
The Memphis had just returned from a trip to the Middle East on Wednesday, and the Coast Guard immediately evacuated all workers while federal, state and local officials began their search.
The FBI was even called to the scene, but a thorough sweep of the ship found nothing and at 3:30am on Thursday the Coast Guard said there was no existing threat to the port.
George Webb, the man who informed the Coast Guard of the alleged ‘Dirty bomb,’ is now being questioned by authorities.
Law enforcement agents scanned four containers aboard the Maersk Memphis ship in the Wando Terminal after reports of a ‘potential threat’ on Wednesday, the Coast Guard said.
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