Slovak police send ‘bomb’ to Dublin
Consignment of plastic explosives is smuggled into Ireland in botched security test.
Published On 6 Jan 2010
The world may be on high alert for airline attacks, but that didn’t stop a consignment of plastic explosives being smuggled into Ireland … by accident.
As part of a training exercise, Slovakian police hid explosives in unsuspecting travellers’ luggage at the country’s main airport.
They found most of it, but a batch of explosives still managed to end up on a Dublin-bound Danube Wings plane, leading to a police raid and the temporary arrest of an unwitting smuggler.
Al Jazeera’s Tania Page reports.
Source: Al Jazeera