Spring Valley, NY - No Bomb Founded in Suitcase at Hatzlocha Kosher Supermarket

Spring Valley, NY - An abandoned suitcase discovered yesterday outside a Monsey grocery store that has been rocked by a kosher-meat scandal turned out to contain nothing that was explosive.

The Rockland County bomb squad was treating the suitcase with the utmost suspicion. "They X-rayed the suitcase and determined it was not a danger," Spring Valley police Sgt. Thomas Martin said. "It was some socks and a metal pill box." It was unclear how much further detectives might investigate the case.

The scare started when an owner of the Hatzlocha Grocery on Maple Avenue noticed the abandoned suitcase on the sidewalk and called police.
With that kosher-meat scandal in the air, the owner did the right thing by calling police, Sgt. Martin said. "I know that people are upset about the nonkosher meat, but what connection there is to that, I don't know," he said. "We have it here," Martin said of the suitcase. "If no one shows up for it, we will probably throw it away."