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MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Authorities closed a major east-west highway, known as "Alligator Alley," in south Florida early Friday after stopping suspects who they believe may have been plotting a terror attack in Miami.
The 20-mile section of Interstate 75 was closed after a Collier County Sheriff's deputy pulled over a vehicle around 1 a.m. ET matching a description issued on an earlier alert, according to Collier County Sheriff's spokeswoman Tina Osceola.
A second vehicle pulled in behind the suspected vehicle -- about eight miles east of the western toll booth -- and the deputy called for backup, Osceola said.
A bomb-sniffing dog responded to both vehicles,
and the people in the cars were detained by Collier County Sheriff department.
Osceola said three suspects were being detained.
Bomb squad investigators in protective suits could been seen searching through a black, two- door car in an aerial view of the scene.
"They're searching the vehicles for explosives and that sort of thing," said Lt. Malcolm Rhodes of the Florida Highway Patrol.
Florida law enforcement officials issued an alert Thursday night after a Georgia woman overheard a conversation among three men in a Calhoun, Georgia, restaurant. Calhoun is about 70 miles northwest of Atlanta on I-75, which runs north-south until it reaches Naples.
She said the conversation indicated they were planning a September 13 terror attack on Miami, according to a report by Miami's WSVN-TV.
The men then left the restaurant and headed south on Interstate 75, the report said.
Alligator Alley is a major cross-Florida highway that runs between Naples on the west to near Fort Lauderdale on the east.
The 20-mile section of Interstate 75 was closed after a Collier County Sheriff's deputy pulled over a vehicle around 1 a.m. ET matching a description issued on an earlier alert, according to Collier County Sheriff's spokeswoman Tina Osceola.
A second vehicle pulled in behind the suspected vehicle -- about eight miles east of the western toll booth -- and the deputy called for backup, Osceola said.
A bomb-sniffing dog responded to both vehicles,
and the people in the cars were detained by Collier County Sheriff department.
Osceola said three suspects were being detained.
Bomb squad investigators in protective suits could been seen searching through a black, two- door car in an aerial view of the scene.
"They're searching the vehicles for explosives and that sort of thing," said Lt. Malcolm Rhodes of the Florida Highway Patrol.
Florida law enforcement officials issued an alert Thursday night after a Georgia woman overheard a conversation among three men in a Calhoun, Georgia, restaurant. Calhoun is about 70 miles northwest of Atlanta on I-75, which runs north-south until it reaches Naples.
She said the conversation indicated they were planning a September 13 terror attack on Miami, according to a report by Miami's WSVN-TV.
The men then left the restaurant and headed south on Interstate 75, the report said.
Alligator Alley is a major cross-Florida highway that runs between Naples on the west to near Fort Lauderdale on the east.
