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Man in custody for dummy grenade in luggage

A dummy grenade confiscated by the Bomb disposal Unit at the Bram Fischer Airport in Bloemfontein

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A 28-year-old man is in police custody in Bloemfontein after police discovered a drill hand-grenade in his luggage.

The suspect arrived at the Bram Fischer International Airport on Monday where his luggage was scanned at the check-in counter.

During the scanning process, the grenade was discovered and the Bomb disposal Unit was summoned to the scene to handle the evidence and sweep the building.

During this time a flight had to be diverted back to Johannesburg.

According to the Airport, the Bomb squad analysed the explosive and determined that it was a dummy grenade.

The building was declared safe and operations continued as normal.