Army officer charged over dummy grenade alert at airport

A elder service serviceman has been charged aft helium allegedly took a decommissioned manus grenade done Scotland's busiest airport. 

Lt Col Hugo Clark is accused of taking a deactivated explosive done security, causing a weaponry squad to beryllium called to Edinburgh Airport.

The grenade, a dummy that was utilized successful training, was assessed "non-viable and posed nary threat" aft the alleged incidental successful October.

"Around 8.05am connected Wednesday October 16, constabulary were called by information astatine Edinburgh Airport aft a decommissioned ordnance instrumentality was recovered during scanning of a passenger's manus luggage," a spokesperson for Police Scotland.

"Explosive Ordnance Disposal attended and the point was assessed arsenic non-viable and posed nary threat.

"A 54-year-old antheral was arrested and charged successful transportation and released connected an undertaking to look successful tribunal astatine a aboriginal date."

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Officers charged Clark successful transportation with the incidental but Police Scotland person not said what the offence is.

He was released from custody and volition look earlier a tribunal astatine a aboriginal date.

"A work idiosyncratic was progressive successful a information incidental astatine Edinburgh Airport connected October 16," said a spokesperson for the army.

"As the substance is the taxable of ongoing ineligible proceedings we won't remark further."

According to authorities guidance, imitation explosive devices, including replica oregon exemplary guns, arsenic good arsenic mines, grenades, and different explosive subject stores, cannot beryllium taken connected planes successful either manus luggage oregon successful the hold.