Perth Airport bomb scare: AFP deploy bomb detection robot after canine detects ‘potential explosive’
Perth Airport was swarmed by Australian Federal Police Thursday afternoon after a suspected bomb scare.
The response was sparked when an AFP canine dog — trained to detect explosives — “indicated there was potentially a suspicious item inside one of the lockers.”
“No illegal or dangerous items have been found,” an AFP statement said.
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A bomb detection robot was deployed as part of the police response.
While an area between terminal 1 and 2 was also closed so AFP and police could do an extensive search.
Bags were also removed from lockers to be inspected by sniffer dogs to inspect.
Travellers were directed away from the impacted areas, however there were no evacuations and no flights were impacted by the operation.
The AFP said the size of the response reinforced the serious approach the AFP, Perth Airport, WAPF and partners took when it came to security matters.
“We thank the public for their assistance and patience during this incident.”
Fly-in, fly-out worker Elmer Omar said he missed his flight due to having to walk around the police tape.
“I’ve missed my flight to work because I’ve had had to walk the long way around,” he said.
Watching on at the bizarre incident, Mr Omar said it was “pretty weird”.
Other travellers, who were arriving for their flights, watched on as officers went through the locker contents and noted it was “the last thing they wanted to see” before they boarded their plane.
