Suspicious package at Lenoir City UPS Store deemed safe

LENOIR CITY, Tenn. (WATE) - Police were called to a Lenoir City UPS store Monday afternoon for a suspicious white powder that turned out to be non-hazardous.

The Lenoir City Police Department said employees of the UPS Store at 875 US Highway 321 called 911 to report a suspicious package. The envelope contained a white powder and a napkin and was addressed to that exact UPS store with a return address of Texas.

A hazardous materials team with the Knoxville Fire Department arrived on the scene and determined the substance was actually powdered milk sugar.

No other information has been released.

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10/30/18