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Berkeley police officers investigated a suspicious package found on the second floor of a state office building located at 1947 Center St. at around 6:30 p.m. Friday.  

After going into the building with a bomb squad and x-raying the package, it turned out to be nothing more than a box of papers, said BPD Lieutenant Bud Stone.  

The area of Center Street between Milvia Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Way was blocked off for more than two hours after police arrived on the scene at 6:30 p.m. No one was hurt in the situation, though 10 to 15 people were evacuated from the building.