US police dig up yard in search for Teamsters’ boss Hoffa

NEARLY 28 years after union leader Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in the Detroit area, US law enforcement officials dug the ground yesterday outside a home nearly 100 miles away, a prosecutor said.

Authorities from Oakland County obtained a search warrant on Tuesday and were looking for evidence including a briefcase in Hampton Township, prosecutor David Gorcyca said.

Authorities say a convicted murderer who helped police find the body of another long-vanished man earlier this year now claims deceased Teamsters’ boss Hoffa is buried in the yard.