Suspicious Package at JFK Airport Searched Due to Odor

A package containing nerve gas sickened two postal inspectors at JFK Airport on August 11. The package was shipped from China.
Suspicious Package at JFK Airport Searched Due to Odor
A plane waits at John F. Kennedy Airport on February 28 in New York City. A suspicious package with a strange odor was found by postal workers at the airport on Aug. 11. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Joshua Philipp
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NEW YORK—A hazmat team was called into JFK Airport on Aug. 11 around 1 p.m. after a package with a strange odor was found by postal inspectors.

The initial report from a Twitter-based police scanner, NYScanner, said the package contained nerve gas, yet neither the NYPD or Port Authority was able to confirm.

Port Authority confirmed there was a suspicious package, and they were following protocol to investigate its contents.

It is understood that nobody was taken to the hospital because of the package.

Update: After testing the contents of the package, the FBI determined it contained beauty supplies, Associated Press reported.

Joshua Philipp
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Joshua Philipp is senior investigative reporter and host of “Crossroads” at The Epoch Times. As an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker, his works include "The Real Story of January 6" (2022), "The Final War: The 100 Year Plot to Defeat America" (2022), and "Tracking Down the Origin of Wuhan Coronavirus" (2020).
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