COLORADO SPRINGS — Colorado State Police have confiscated an improvised explosive device, or IED, from a man seen walking along the Highway 50 bypass Monday afternoon.
A stretch of Hwy 50 from I-25 to Bonforte in Pueblo is now open after being closed as police investigated.
Police say the device was in his hand and a Trooper immediately took the item from the suspect.
The bomb squad was called in to remove the threat. It happened around 3 p.m. Monday afternoon.
Local news station KOAA referred to the device as a ‘small IED.’
The suspect in question was being interviewed.
No further details were available.
An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery round, attached to a detonating mechanism. IEDs are commonly used as roadside bombs.
