Police: When the staff at the check-in counter inspected her bag, the woman said loudly ‘there is a bomb’. theSun theSundaily bomb joke airport nabbed threat investigated
A foreign woman was arrested at the Penang International Airport in Bayan Lepas yesterday after she cracked a joke about having a bomb in her bag.
Barat Daya district police chief Supt Kamarul Rizal Jenal said the 33-year-old woman who works as a factory operator in Ipoh, Perak, was nabbed at 4.30 pm. “When the staff at the check-in counter inspected her bag, the woman said loudly ‘there is a bomb’, which was heard by the staff and other passengers nearby.
“The woman and her two friends were scheduled to board a flight to Medan, Indonesia, at 5.30 pm,” he said in a statement tonight. The suspect has been remanded for two days until tomorrow and the case is being investigated under Section 506 of the Penal Code for criminal intimidation. - Bernama
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