Created: February 04, 2021 02:04 PM
Police say officers found a suspicious package while serving a search warrant Thursday morning in Hastings.
According to the Hastings Police Department, a possible explosive device was found around 5:30 a.m. in a home on the 800 block of 10th Street West.
Officers and agents with the Dakota County Drug Task Force left the building and evacuated other residents in neighboring apartments. Residents in a house next door were also asked to leave for their safety, police said. No other homes were evacuated.
The St. Paul Police Department Bomb Squad arrived at the scene around 8:30 a.m., secured the block and removed the device for disposal.