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Man with explosives held at US airport
Monday January 02, 2012 08:11:27 AM,
IANS
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Washington: A man has
been arrested in the US for allegedly attempting to carry
explosives through a security checkpoint at an airport in Texas,
the authorities said.
Trey Scott Atwater, a resident of Hope Mills in North Carolina,
was arrested Saturday after security officials spotted a
suspicious item at the Midland airport, CNN reported. The airport
terminal was temporarily evacuated.
The item was in his carry-on luggage and was detected during X-ray
screening at the Midland International Airport, Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) spokesman Mark Morgan said in a statement.
"At no time was there any danger to the people at Midland
international airport or the community of Midland, Texas," Morgan
said.
Though the FBI did not identify the explosives, a city government
spokeswoman said the items were "wrapped in military grade
wrapping".
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