"The person that called it in prevented something of serious magnitude from happening," White Settlement police detective Laura Gonzalez said.

A bomb squad seized explosives from a van parked in a residential neighborhood in a Fort Worth suburb early Tuesday, authorities said.

A suspect was detained after White Settlement police said they recovered improvised explosive devices and multiple guns from his van.

WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas — Multiple guns and improvised explosive devices were found in a suspicious van in a White Settlement neighborhood Tuesday morning, police said. According to the White Settlement Police Department, officers responded to the report of a suspicious vehicle in the 9200 block of Jason Lane at about 5:29 a.m.

Police in White Settlement, a suburb of Fort Worth, said a neighbor prevented a potential tragedy this Thanksgiving week by reporting a suspicious van. Inside, officers found explosives, guns and body armor.