Audrie Palmer
Reporter-Telegram
January 1, 2012
One man was being held in FBI custody Saturday afternoon after security at Midland International Airport found explosives in his carry-on bag and the terminal was shut down for an hour.
The suspect is active military and the explosives were found in his carry-on bag by Transportation Security Administration officers while going through the X-ray machine, Midland police said. The incident happened at 9:26 a.m. Saturday.
The man had been in town visiting family and was traveling back to North Carolina, confirmed MPD Sgt. Brian Rackow.
The explosives were in military-grade wrapping but police said they won’t know what grade until they are sent out for testing.
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