Security Scare - 3 [terror suspects] detained trying to enter Port of Miami

MIAMI -- Miscommunication led to the detainment of three men at the Port of Miami on Sunday after authorities became suspicious of their documentation and the contents of their cargo truck, officials said.

Authorities initially said the men - two Iraqis and one Lebanese national who are legal permanent U.S. residents - had been caught trying to slip past a checkpoint at the port's entrance.

A port security officer became suspicious when the truck driver could not produce proper paperwork in a routine inspection to enter the port about 8 a.m., Miami-Dade police spokeswoman Nancy Goldberg said.