Explosives misplaced during security exercise

Canadian Press

(Montreal)  An airport security exercise went the way of a movie farce
after TNT was planted in the luggage of an unwitting passenger instead of
the bags of a security agent.

The unidentified passenger arrived from abroad on Friday night. Unpacking
at a friend's home in Magog, Que., he found that explosives labelled TNT
had been concealed in a jam jar and placed in his bag. The man immediately
called Quebec provincial police.

Officials said such exercises - intended to test bomb-sniffing dogs at
Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport - are carried out every week.

Authorities were unable to explain the mistake but said they would get to
the bottom of it. "Our investigation is going to reveal exactly what
happened," airport security spokesman Pierre Goupil told TV network
TVA.

Even more worrisome than the mix-up, the innocent passenger and his baggage
were able to leave the airport without security detecting the explosives.
The TNT was not dangerous because there was no detonator included in the
exercise.

Since the terrorist attacks of sept. 11, 2001, the federal government has
invested more than $7-billion on security, with special emphasis on
airports.


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