Sailor Stopped at NAS North Island on Coronado With Bomb-Making Materials: Navy

A sailor was stopped by Navy security at the main gate of NAS North Island in Coronado Tuesday morning with bomb-making materials in his pickup truck, a base spokesperson confirmed.

Navy Security Forces stopped the sailor at the request of Naval Criminal Investigative Service, according to base spokesperson Kevin Dixon. The bomb-making materials were not assembled into an explosive device, Dixon said.

Investigators could be seen looking through a white pickup truck just outside the gate and collecting evidence from it. At one point, a robotic device was being used by investigators.

Recipients were alerted shortly after 9 a.m. with the following advisory: "The main gate at NASNI is closed until further notice, use alternate routes to enter via the Ocean gate or 01st / Alameda. from 9:30 a.m."