Cookies caused an alarm Monday morning in Marshalls Creek.

Someone left a box of cookies with Arabic writing at a gas pump at the Marshalls Creek Gulf station, manager Anne Wolfe said.

A customer noticed the cookies and called police to the station on Route 209, just off Interstate 80 exit 309.

State police responded about 9:45 a.m. and told employees it was a bomb scare, Wolfe said.

Employees went to the business next door, flares were set up at the driveway entrance to the station and police cars blocked the entrance while police investigated. A hazardous Devices and Explosives Unit van was seen on scene and at least three state police cars.

By noon the gas station was open and business returned to normal.

State police did not immediately comment about the incident.