Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe CHESAPEAKE, Va., July 2 (UPI) -- A suspicious package at a grocery store in Chesapeake, Va., that brought FBI and other investigators, turned out to be a box of Christmas lights. Chesapeake Fire Department Capt. Steve Johnson called the device "rather sophisticated" before a bomb squad detonated the package, revealing it was simply a box of Christmas lights, The Hampton Roads Daily Press reported Monday. Advertisement The package was spotted at the Food Lion shopping center, and Chesapeake firefighters, state police and agents from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were called to investigate. They closed down part of the shopping center and asked for a voluntary evacuation of a nearby apartment complex. "We're going to continue the investigation," Johnson said. "We still need to determine, was this intended as a hoax or did somebody just inadvertently try to get rid of some Christmas lights near a Dumpster? That's not an answer we have right now."
