Package Marked 'Explosive' Found on Long Beach, Southampton Cops Say

Long Beach Road, which runs between Noyac and North Haven, was shut down after a suspicious package was reported Saturday afternoon. 

Update: Members of the Suffolk Police Emergency Service Section disposed of the material, and the road was subsequently reopened to traffic by early evening.

"Somebody found something" on the beach, according to Southampton Town Police Sgt. Michael Burns, who spoke from headquarters on Saturday just after 3 p.m. "It was marked explosives on it." 

Sergeant Burns said the package was described as "a tube with putty coming out of it." It was reportedly found near the Bay Point subdivision.

The road was closed as a precaution, he said. The Suffolk County Emergency Service Section, which is the county's bomb squad, was called out to remove it.

Emergency vehicles were blocking Long Beach Road at Noyac Road and at Third Street on North Haven, where traffic was being diverted back to Route 114.

The Sag Harbor Fire Department and Sag Harbor Volunteer Ambulance Corps stood by until the scene was cleared. 

Police officials said nothing suspicious was found in nearby Sag Harbor Village, where earlier on Saturday a climate change march was held.