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| Live grenade found in London airport arrest |
| 2003-02-13 |
| With authorities on heightened alert for terrorist attacks, police Thursday arrested a Venezuelan man with a live grenade in his luggage soon after he arrived at Gatwick Airport, prompting the north terminal of Britain's second busiest airport to be evacuated, authorities said. Bet the baggage checker evacuated himself too. The incident was one of two airport security scares Thursday; near Heathrow Airport, authorities arrested two men under Britain's Terrorism Act as a precaution, but further details were not released. In the Gatwick incident, the 37-year-old man was arrested after his luggage was searched and the grenade was found. He had arrived at the airport aboard a British Airways flight from Bogata, Colombia, via Caracas, Venezuela. On his way to a IRA seminar, perhaps? "The item has been examined by explosives officers, and it appears to be a live grenade," Scotland Yard said in a statement. The man was taken into custody under Britain's Terrorism Act and transferred to Metropolitan Police anti-terrorist detectives for questioning. Having a live grenade in your baggage does tend to raise a few eyebrows. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 Yep, the baggage inspector's pants probably went to condition brown. |
| Posted by: Tresho 2003-02-13 23:25:07 |
| #3 Lots of IRA ties to Bogota. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-02-13 15:27:51 |
| #2 Bogata, huh? Didn't something interesting happen there recently. Think the Columbian cops might want to talk to this guy? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-02-13 14:00:34 |
| #1 "I was going fishing in Scotland, I swear!".... |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-02-13 13:51:57 |