FBI investigators have been searching a wooded area off Route 88 in Westport since early Thursday morning, but are releasing few details about their ongoing work.

FBI spokeswoman Kristen Setera said at 10 a.m. that the FBI’s Evidence Response Team is working “in connection with an ongoing, multi-jurisdictional investigation."

"We are searching for specific evidence and there is no threat to public safety," she wrote in an e-mail to the Westport Shorelines.
Investigators are parked along the side of Route 88 near Charlotte White Road, and Setera said investigators are trying to keep traffic impacts to a minimum — “we recognize the traffic disruptions this may cause, and we are working as expeditiously as possible.”

She would not comment further on the nature of the search.
The FBI is being assisted by Westport Police and Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney’s office.