08-01-2010, 04:44 AM
The Slovakian government today apologised to the Republic of Ireland for planting explosives on a passenger boarding a Dublin-bound flight.
Irish authorities were not notified of the incident until four days after it had taken place.
The 96g of plastic explosives, enough to make two hand grenades, where planted on an unsuspecting 49-year-old electrician by Slovakian agents to test their country's airport security.
The RDX explosives, one batch of eight planted, went undetected at Poprad-Tatry airport in eastern Slovakia on Saturday January 2nd. The passenger was allowed to board his 11:00 Danube Wings flight to Dublin where he has lived and worked for the last three years.
The man, who had no knowledge of the exercise, arrived in Dublin airport and returned to his flat, in Gardiner Street, Dublin, where he unpacked without discovering the mobile phone-sized package.
It was not until Tuesday morning that Slovakian authorities contacted Dublin Airport Authorities (DAA) to inform them of the incident.
The man's flat was raided by the Gardaí (Irish police) causing them to seal off roads and evacuate nearby homes and business as a precaution.
A statement released by the Irish department of justice after the raid said: "Following contact earlier today from the Slovakian authorities with the airport police at Dublin airport, members of the Gardaí Síochána have recovered a small quantity of explosive material from the luggage of a passenger who had flown into Dublin from that country on Saturday last.
"It has since been established that this material was concealed without his knowledge or consent in the passenger's luggage as part of an airport security exercise by the authorities in Slovakia. The Slovakian minister for the interior has conveyed to justice minister Dermot Ahern his government's profound regret for this incident."
A Gardaí investigation into the incident is currently underway. The seven other packages planted by Slovakian agents were all detected by sniffer dogs in Slovakia. DDA claim there has been no breach of Dublin airport security as at all international airports security checks are carried out on departing passengers only.
The unwitting carrier was arrested on Tuesday morning when his home was raided but has since been released without charge.
Following the alleged plot to bomb an airliner over Detroit on December 25th airport security has been stepped up in many countries. It is unclear whether the Slovakian tests were linked to such efforts.
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Irish authorities were not notified of the incident until four days after it had taken place.
The 96g of plastic explosives, enough to make two hand grenades, where planted on an unsuspecting 49-year-old electrician by Slovakian agents to test their country's airport security.
The RDX explosives, one batch of eight planted, went undetected at Poprad-Tatry airport in eastern Slovakia on Saturday January 2nd. The passenger was allowed to board his 11:00 Danube Wings flight to Dublin where he has lived and worked for the last three years.
The man, who had no knowledge of the exercise, arrived in Dublin airport and returned to his flat, in Gardiner Street, Dublin, where he unpacked without discovering the mobile phone-sized package.
It was not until Tuesday morning that Slovakian authorities contacted Dublin Airport Authorities (DAA) to inform them of the incident.
The man's flat was raided by the Gardaí (Irish police) causing them to seal off roads and evacuate nearby homes and business as a precaution.
A statement released by the Irish department of justice after the raid said: "Following contact earlier today from the Slovakian authorities with the airport police at Dublin airport, members of the Gardaí Síochána have recovered a small quantity of explosive material from the luggage of a passenger who had flown into Dublin from that country on Saturday last.
"It has since been established that this material was concealed without his knowledge or consent in the passenger's luggage as part of an airport security exercise by the authorities in Slovakia. The Slovakian minister for the interior has conveyed to justice minister Dermot Ahern his government's profound regret for this incident."
A Gardaí investigation into the incident is currently underway. The seven other packages planted by Slovakian agents were all detected by sniffer dogs in Slovakia. DDA claim there has been no breach of Dublin airport security as at all international airports security checks are carried out on departing passengers only.
The unwitting carrier was arrested on Tuesday morning when his home was raided but has since been released without charge.
Following the alleged plot to bomb an airliner over Detroit on December 25th airport security has been stepped up in many countries. It is unclear whether the Slovakian tests were linked to such efforts.
http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/politics...lin-flight-$1351569.htm
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