A Dubai-Bound Passenger Was Arrested For A Bomb-Scare At Mangalore Airport
A 26-year-old man was arrested, and his flight delayed after security flagged what appeared to be a cell-phone bomb in his luggage.
The clay-like object, appeared to be a bomb hidden within a mobile phone, which was flagged by security scanners.
The man was arrested after police were called to the airport.
The device garnered suspicion due to the clay form and sniffer dogs reportedly gave ‘mixed signals’
Alerted security staff at Mangaluru Airport after catching suspect carrying alleged cellphone bomb. Matter reported to local police: IndiGo pic.twitter.com/A2FLgxDA6i
— ANI (@ANI) September 19, 2017
The device was later identified as a hand-made power bank
IndiGo’s alert security screener staff at Mangalore caught a suspect carrying alleged cellphone bomb today. The matter has 1/n
— IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) September 19, 2017
been reported to the local police. Since it is a sensitive security matter we have nothing more to share. IndiGo is 2/n
— IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) September 19, 2017
