'White Powder' Scare Cost Agencies $50g

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The cost of the public safety response to Thursday's "white powder" scare that closed the Ikea store on Sargent Drive for four hours was more than $50,000, a city spokeswoman said Monday.

The incident drew dozens of New Haven and state police officers, firefighters, health department workers, FBI agents and other personnel from New Haven and neighboring communities, as well as special equipment from the U.S. Postal Service's Wallingford processing center, which authorities say is the only place in the state that has such equipment.

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'White Powder' Scare Cost Agencies $50g

It prompted the evacuation of Ikea at about 5 p.m. and kept it closed until the next morning but the "white powder" turned out to be flour used to mark a running ...

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