US passenger held, after arsenal seizure
11 Oct 2012 6:41 AM IST
A 28-year-old man on a plane from Asia was arrested in Los Angeles after he was found wearing body armor and transporting a small arsenal of weapons including a smoke grenade, officials said.
Yongda Huang Harris, a naturalised US citizen of Chinese descent, faces a charge of transporting hazardous materials after he was detained by border guards Friday at Los Angeles International [LAX] airport. Harris was heading for Boston, was ‘wearing a bulletproof vest and flame retardant pants underneath his trench coat,’ said a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE] statement. Further investigation of his checked luggage turned up a ‘pyrotechnic smoke grenade,’ along with a hatchet, knives, a gas mask, biohazard suits and body bags, it added.
Yongda Huang Harris, a naturalised US citizen of Chinese descent, faces a charge of transporting hazardous materials after he was detained by border guards Friday at Los Angeles International [LAX] airport. Harris was heading for Boston, was ‘wearing a bulletproof vest and flame retardant pants underneath his trench coat,’ said a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE] statement. Further investigation of his checked luggage turned up a ‘pyrotechnic smoke grenade,’ along with a hatchet, knives, a gas mask, biohazard suits and body bags, it added.
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