British Army officer charged after bomb scare over airport hand grenade

A elder Army serviceman who allegedly tried to instrumentality a manus grenade done airdrome information has been charged.

Lt Col Hugo Clark is accused of attempting to bring the deactivated explosive done Scotland’s busiest airdrome successful his manus luggage.

Bomb squad officers raced to the country aft the grenade was recovered successful information scans of a passenger’s carry-on bag.

The item, a dummy grenade utilized successful grooming according to reports, was assessed arsenic ‘non-viable and posed nary threat’.

Lt Col Clark, 54, who works arsenic the caput of engagement and outreach astatine the army’s office successful Scotland, was arrested and charged and is owed to look in court astatine a aboriginal date.

A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: ‘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.

‘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.’

A spokesperson for the Army said: ‘A work idiosyncratic was progressive successful a information incidental astatine Edinburgh Airport connected October 16.

‘As the substance is the taxable of ongoing ineligible proceedings we won’t remark further.’

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