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Bomb threats targeting multiple Maine Walgreens locations deemed not credible

Bomb threats targeting multiple Maine Walgreens locations deemed not credible

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Bomb threats were called in to multiple Walgreens stores in Maine on Thursday.

Portland police said a bomb threat was phoned in to the store manager at the Walgreens on Marginal Way around 11 a.m. Thursday.

In Windham, police reported a bomb threat called in to the Walgreens on Roosevelt Trail about half an hour later. The store was evacuated but reopened just before 1 p.m.

In both cases, the stores were searched but no explosive devices were found. The threats were deemed not credible.

Investigators are asking anyone with information to contact police.

 

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