Government at a global airport in Hawaii arrested a traveler from Japan for “terroristic threatening” after he allegedly introduced two hand grenades in his carry-on baggage.
The Hawaii Police Division and the Transportation Safety Management (TSA) showed to Fox Information Virtual that Hilo Global Airport used to be evacuated Tuesday after officers came upon two pieces reminiscent of grenades all over X-ray screening.
Police stated Akito Fukushima of Kanazawa, Japan, used to be arrested for first-degree terroristic threatening after the incident.
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Akito Fukushima of Kanazawa, Japan, used to be arrested for first-degree terroristic threatening. (Hawaii Police Division)
Round 5:30 a.m. native time Tuesday, TSA brokers stated they came upon two pieces reminiscent of grenades whilst screening Fukushima’s carry-on bag. They stated he used to be departing the rustic.
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Out of an abundance of warning, the airport used to be evacuated, and the Hawaii Police Division’s bomb squad investigated the grenades.
Upon additional inspection through experts, TSA stated, the grenades had been “made up our minds to be inert.”
The TSA stated Hilo Global Airport used to be evacuated Tuesday. (Joe Raedle/Getty Photographs)
At 6:45 a.m., Fukushima used to be arrested and transported to the police division’s East Hawaii Detention Facility.
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The Hawaii Police Division reminded the general public that replicas of explosives, corresponding to hand grenades, are prohibited in checked and carry-on luggage.
Operations resumed on the global airport at 6:50 a.m., TSA stated.
