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A 15 year old is facing three charges, including mischief after causing a panic at Pearson International Airport in Toronto.
Security at Toronto Pearson airport spotted the clock — shaped like a bundle of dynamite sticks — and evacuated a screening area for two hours, summoning the police just before 5 p.m., according to Peel Regional Police.
A 15-year-old Toronto boy had packed the eyebrow-raising item into his carry-on luggage for a flight to Vancouver Saturday afternoon.
“The explosive disposal unit attended and they deemed the item was not real,” Const. George Tudos said Sunday. “However, it still caused a two-hour delay at the airport and he was charged with mischief.”
Would you pack this in you carry on luggage? Teenager thought it was a good idea yesterday at Pearson airport. pic.twitter.com/zQDIsbYHpX
— Peel Regional Police (@PeelPolice) September 6, 2015
Police are trained to treat things like the clock as “real” until they have completed their investigation.
“I guess it was bad judgement on behalf of that party to think it would be okay to travel to an international airport with that device,” Tudos said.
It’s not very common, he added.
“People come through with items they forgot, like a bullet,” Tudos explained. “That happens once in a while, but this is a different kind of device.”
Agencies/Canadajournal
Bet he was a moslem.