ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Police mistakenly identified a device found at a South Fulton United States Postal Service facility as a real explosive on Thursday.

The facility at 125 Villanova Drive was evacuated in the morning when workers saw a “suspicious device” and called authorities. Shortly before 10 a.m., the Atlanta Police Department’s bomb squad safely removed the package and took it to a secure location.

According to police, an X-ray scan taken by Dobbins Air Reserve Base officials “yielded concerning results.” At around noon, officers said the device “was determined to be a real explosive.”

But after they conducted a controlled detonation, officials confirmed the device — identified as military ordnance — wasn’t explosive, police said at 3:30 p.m.

“All safety protocol

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