SAN DIEGO — The main gate and the outbound gate at North Island NAS were temporarily closed Tuesday due to a security issue according to Kevin Dixon the Naval Base Coronado Public Affairs Officer.
During a live CBS 8 report at 2:15 p.m.m guards started allowing traffic in and out of the main gate.
Naval Base Coronado confirmed on their Facebook page that the gates are now open and that the shelter in place order has been lifted. All normal operations have resumed on the base.
No details regarding the closure have been released at the time of the reopening.
Military police detained a motorist Tuesday morning who allegedly tried to enter Naval Air Station North Island with bomb-making materials in the vehicle, officials said.
Naval security personnel stopped the driver, whose identity was not immediately available, at about 9 a.m. at the request of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, according to NAS North Island public affairs.
Base authorities closed the main entrance to the station on Third Street along with its Fourth Street gate for outgoing traffic "out of an abundance of caution" while naval security personnel investigated along with the FBI, naval ordnance-disposal personnel and Coronado police, according to a Navy statement.
The driver of the vehicle has since been taken into custody. NCIS has launched an investigation.