Hawaii airport evacuated after grenades found in Japanese man's cabin bag
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The bomb squad “determined the items to be inert grenades”.
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Los Angeles - A Hawaii airport was briefly evacuated after a Japanese man was found with two inert grenades in his hand luggage, police said following his arrest.
Officers cleared the terminal on July 9, while a bomb squad moved in to investigate the suspicious items, which were picked up on an X-ray machine.
“The Hilo International Airport experienced a brief halt in operations” for little over an hour, Hawaii police said in a statement.
The bomb squad “determined the items to be inert grenades”, police reported, meaning they were not dangerous.
A 41-year-old Japanese man was arrested on a “terroristic threatening” charge and remains in custody, the force said.
“Police remind the public that replicas of explosives, such as hand grenades, are prohibited in checked and carry-on baggage.” AFP
