Explosives Scare At Port Of Miami

Federal officials say a package that was to be loaded on a cruise ship at the Port of Miami did not contain explosives as initially feared.

Early reports said the package was tested six times, and each time it came back positive for the military-grade explosive known as C4.

But CBS News learned that K-9 teams did not react to the material, and conflicting reports emerged from the Miami-Dade police.

Police said there was not a "suspicious device," and there was not a positive test specifically for C4, CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports.

The package was then destroyed, and a Miami-Dade County police bomb squad determined it contained sprinkler parts, said Zach Mann, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Miami.

Police spokesman Bobby Williams said the instruments used to test the package sometimes give false positives.

"We still need to check it out," Williams said.

The package was included in provisions that were to be loaded aboard Royal Caribbean International's Majesty of the Seas. Explosives detection instruments gave the positive reading, the cruise line said.

"At approximately 2 p.m. today, an explosives detection device routinely used by Royal Caribbean International to screen supplies being loaded onboard its ships gave a positive reading for a pallet of provisions being prepared for Majesty of the Seas," a statement from Royal Caribbean said.

The FBI was monitoring the situation, spokeswoman Judy Orihuela said.

The developments came a day after three Middle Eastern men in a cargo truck sparked a brief terrorism scare at the port. After a bomb squad search, authorities concluded that the men were carrying automotive parts and that the scare stemmed from miscommunication.