A senior officer in the British Army has been charged after allegedly taking a decommissioned hand grenade through Scotland’s busiest airport. Lt Col Hugo Clark, 54 is accused of taking a deactivated explosive through security at Edinburgh Airport on 16 October.
A bomb squad was called to the scene and the item, a dummy grenade used in training according to reports, was assessed as “non-viable and posed no threat”.
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Source: BBC News
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