DATE: Wednesday, November 5, 1997           TAG: 9711050468

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL  

SOURCE: STAFF REPORT 

DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   35 lines

CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION: ***************************************************************** The Virginia State Police bomb squad was misidentified as the Norfolk bomb squad in a headline in Wednesday's Hampton Roads section. Correction published in The Virginian-Pilot, Thur., Nov. 6, 1997, page A2. ***************************************************************** NORFOLK BOMB SQUAD DESTROYS SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE AT AIRPORT

The lower level of the terminal at the Norfolk International Airport was evacuated briefly on Tuesday night when a suspicious package was found near a car rental agency.

The package was destroyed with a detonation device by members of the Virginia State Police bomb squad, said Tammy Van Dame, spokeswoman for the State Police.

The package, a cardboard box wrapped with twine, was not dangerous. It contained drug paraphernalia, Van Dame said.

``You have to treat everything like it has the potential to do harm,'' she said.

The State Police were called at about 4:15 p.m. and were at the airport for 30 minutes.

A portion of the upper level of the terminal was cordoned off while the package was being destroyed. The incident resulted in delays for both arriving and departing passengers. KEYWORDS: AIRPORT SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE

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