A suspected pipe bomb was found in a Hearne motel room Wednesday afternoon.
The College Station police department bomb squad disposed of the device, which Lt. Steve Brock said was found by housekeepers at the Holiday Inn Express.
The device was described as a piece of plastic PVC pipe with end caps screwed on both ends.
Hearne police blocked traffic on Highway 6 at FM 485 on the city’s north side. That resulted in a backup going south through Hearne and to the north to Calvert.
Click below for comments from Steve Brock, visiting with WTAW’s Bill Oliver.