Island after ‘explosives’ were reportedly found in a car near the site.
A spokesperson for the Nassau County Police Department confirmed to DailyMail.com that ‘there was a suspicious occurrence’ on Wednesday ahead of Trump’s speech where thousands of MAGA fans are gathering.
But there is ‘no validity’ to a report that there was an ‘explosive device found.’
‘Reports of explosives being found at the site are unfounded,’ said Nassau County Commissioner of Police Patrick Ryder.
He went on to blame a suspect with a ‘self-trained bomb-detecting dog’ for sounding the alarm about explosives near the rally site.
The latest reports of a possible Trump security breach comes just three days after a would-be assassin was arrested after stalking the former president with a rifle as he golfed at his Palm Beach golf club.
Police working in conjunction with Secret Service remain on high alert in the area hours before the former president is set to take the stage.
‘There is a person who is being questioned who may have been training a bomb detection dog near the site,’ said Commissioner of Police Ryder.
‘The individual with the bomb dog falsely reported explosives being found and that individual is currently being detained by police.’
Sources in the Nassau County Police Department had allegedly told journalist James Lalino earlier Wednesday that the rally site ‘perimeter was breached and a blue barrel was removed.’
In addition, during the K9 sweep they apparently ‘found an explosive device in one of the vehicles.’
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