Explosive Reached Ireland After Failed Test

January 5, 2010 by Infowars Ireland

The explosive was one of eight pieces of contraband planted by the authorities in the luggage of unsuspecting passengers at Bratislava Airport in Slovakia last weekend as part of a test of security procedures. ????!!!!!!

Dorset Street Commercial explosive found

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A quantity of explosive, found in a flat on Dorset Street in Dublin this morning, was brought into the country following a failed security operation in Slovakia.

Seven were detected by airport security, but the eighth – 90g of research development explosive or RDX – was put in the luggage of a Slovakian electrician who lives and works in Dublin.

The 49-year-old unwittingly brought the material to Dublin when he returned from Christmas holidays.

Gardaí were eventually alerted this morning following a call from police in Bratislava and the flat on Dorset Street was sealed off.

During the operation, the adjoining homes and businesses were evacuated as the Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit removed the explosive for further analysis.

Both Gardiner Street and Lower Dorset street were closed off for about an hour.

The Slovakian man was arrested at the scene, but gardaí are now satisfied that he is innocent and he was released from custody this afternoon. He will not face charges.

The Department of Foreign Affairs said the Slovakian Minister for the Interior has conveyed his Government’s profound regret for this incident to the Justice Minister Dermot Ahern.

Minister Ahern said he was very concerned about the fact that the gardaí were not alerted for three days and has asked for a full report. Read more…

Slovak authorities apologise as hidden explosives enter Dublin

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THE SLOVAKIAN government has apologised to Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern after a passenger carried enough explosives to make two hand grenades on to a flight to Dublin as part of a security test at a small Slovakian airport that went wrong.

The Irish authorities were not notified until yesterday, some four days after the incident.

Slovakian interior minister Robert Kalinak yesterday spoke to Mr Ahern by phone. He apologised and said his government would fully co-operate with any Irish investigation.

The 96 grammes of high-grade plastic explosives was one of eight batches concealed by the Slovakian security services in the luggage of passengers departing Poprad-Tatry airport in eastern Slovakia on Saturday.

The consignments were hidden without the passengers knowing to test security. Seven of the consignments were found by sniffer dogs. However, the explosives placed in the bag of a man travelling on the 11am flight to Dublin with Danube Wings went undetected.

The 49-year-old Slovakian electrician flew to Dublin, where he has lived and worked for three years, and went to his apartment on Dorset Street in the north inner city. He unpacked, but did not find the mobile-phone-sized explosives.

The alarm was only raised yesterday morning when the Slovakian security services contacted the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) and airport police.

Gardaí were contacted and used the passengers’ flight details to establish his address. Raiding the apartment, they found the explosives and arrested the man.

The busy roads around the apartment were sealed off for an hour, and nearby apartments and business premises were evacuated. The area was declared safe by gardaí and the Army’s bomb disposal experts at 12.05pm. The explosives are stable at room temperature but volatile when stored below minus four degrees. Read more…