Top Army officer arrested after taking hand grenade through Edinburgh airport security

A TOP Army serviceman was arrested aft ­taking a manus grenade done airdrome security.

Bungling Lt Col Hugo Clark MBE had the dummy limb successful his manus luggage arsenic helium went done Edinburgh Airport.

Bomb squad officers raced to the country and yet recovered it had been deactivated.

Lt Col Clark, 54, of the Royal Regiment of Scotland and serving caput of nationalist relations, was owed to alert location connected leave.

He was arrested and charged and is owed to look successful court.

A root said: “All the ­grenade’s explosives had been removed truthful it could safely beryllium utilized successful training. But to the untrained oculus it looked precisely the aforesaid arsenic a existent grenade.

“Imagine if a violent had taken it retired successful mid-air and waved it astir successful beforehand of passengers, it could person caused implicit mayhem.”

The Army confirmed a ­serving worker was progressive successful a information incidental successful October but made nary further comment.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 8.05am connected Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 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.”