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Suspect Arrested After Standoff, Bomb Scare

PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) ― A suspect is in police custody after a brief standoff following a bomb scare in the Frankford section of the city Thursday.

Philadelphia Police were called to the 5200 block of Marlow Street after reports of man constructing bombs in his home.

The suspect's girlfriend told authorities she smelled some type of accelerant and that there were bomb making materials in the home.

The Bomb Squad was called to the home as a precaution.

Police were involved in a standoff with the suspect, who quickly surrendered without incident. Investigators planned to cautiously search the home as a precaution.

The incident remains under investigation.

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