An anonymous caller told employees of Dartmouth Travel Friday afternoon that a bomb was in the Galleria, where the travel agency is located.
The caller warned, "there is a bomb in the building, get out of the building," said Hanover Police Sergeant Lawrence Ranslow, who responded to the call.
Ranslow said police did not cordon off the area but warned employees and shoppers of the threat.
Hanover Fire Department workers were called to the scene when a bystander reported that he smelled smoke in a stairwell.
But Fire Captain Mike Doolan said there was no evidence of smoke.
Signs were posted around the building under the authority of Hanover Police Sergeant Nick Giaccone. The signs warned people of the bomb threat and advised them to enter the building at their own risk.
"Most people were preparing to go home [at the time], so the area was pretty much evacuated," Ranslow said.
Ranslow said the police currently have no leads and would not investigate further because "there have been so many random bomb scares in the area over the past few years."
