Police said Wednesday there was “no validity” to reports that explosives had been found near the site of former President Donald Trump’s Long Island rally.
A Nassau County Police spokesman denied the claims circulating on social media — just hours before Trump’s campaign event was set to take place at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale.
The unconfirmed reports earlier had wrongly claimed that an explosive device was discovered in a vehicle during security checks at the rally site, cops said.
“Reports of explosives being found at the site are unfounded,” the spokesman said in a statement.
Police said they were questioning a person “who may have been training a bomb detection dog near the site.
“The individual with the bomb dog falsely reported explosives being found and that individual is currently being detained by police,” the statement said.
The false reports came just hours after Trump arrived at his now-heavily guarded namesake Manhattan tower Tuesday night amid a boost in security following the two attempts on his life in as many months.
The 45th president was struck by a bullet when a would-be assassin opened fire at his July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pa.
Secret Service agents then foiled a second attempt on his life when they nabbed a suspect who had allegedly set up a sniper’s nest on the outskirts of his golf course in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday.
