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Suspicious Package Shuts Down 101 Freeway In Agoura Hills

The Los Angeles Police Department Bomb Squad to a report of fireworks being dropped onto the Ventura (101) Freeway Thursday.

AGOURA HILLS, CA — The Ventura (101) Freeway near Kanan Road in Agoura Hills was closed in both directions Thursday evening after a driver saw what looked like a suspicious package.

The Los Angeles Police Department Bomb Squad was called at 8:09 p.m. said Officer Patrick Kimball of the California Highway Patrol.

"We had a report of someone dropping fireworks on the freeway," Kimball said.

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