LAX police clear suspicious item that caused brief closure

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Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) police removed a suspicious item Thursday morning that caused a brief closure of the lower/arrivals level at the airport.

At 12:45 a.m., LAX tweeted, “Due to police activity for a suspicious item the lower/arrivals level is temporarily closed and traffic must use the upper/departures level.”

At 1:30 a.m., CBSLA tweeted, “LAX Airport police gave our newsroom an update — bomb squad cleared suspicious item and airport traffic should resume to normal operations shortly.”

There was no further information immediately available.

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