A trainee accountant from Midrand in Gauteng will appear in court East London on Monday for allegedly making a hoax bomb threat at the city's airport.
Police spokesperson, Captain Stephen Marais, said police were summoned to the airport yesterday afternoon by staff from one of the low-cost airlines.
He said police were informed that a 26-year-old passenger who was due to fly to Johannesburg had allegedly claimed to have a bomb in his luggage while checking in.
Marais said the "East London K-9 unit as well as the bomb disposal unit went out to the scene."
"They searched the luggage but it all revealed to be negative. The 26-year-old male who is a trainee accountant from Midrand is due to appear in the East London Magistrate's Court on Monday.
He has been charged under the Explosives Act," said Marais.
