Unattended bags may be filled with explosives...

[Treasurer]

I thought I must have picked this story up wrong when I heard it on the radio this evening, but apparently not...



Explosive reached Ireland after failed test


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

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.

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.
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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.

Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy has appointed Detective Chief Superintendent Martin McLaughlin to establish the full background to this incident.

The Slovakian Minister has told Minister Ahern that his government will cooperate fully with the Garda investigation.

[Gaffer]

Been on the news all day !

[pintsofguinness]

Wonder how much he'll get for that.

[Dougal]

ye,it was in a friend of mines apartment.you'd think they could find a safer way to check security,rather than planting it on random people,did any thought go into it at all??

[Zapatista]

Major F.up all round. What if this guy changed his mind and took a flight to the US or China? Pricks.

[Puckoon]

Major F.up all round. What if this guy changed his mind and took a flight to the US or China? Pricks.

Jesus he'd be dead and all over fox news.

[Zapatista]

Jesus he'd be dead and all over fox news.

Loads of questions arise from this. Do you think there is anyone locked up in Slovakia or Ireland that claim they didn't know the contraban was in their lugage/cargo?

[Pangurban]

What if it had become unstable and exploded, either during the flight or in the block of flats

[Zapatista]

What if it had become unstable and exploded, either during the flight or in the block of flats

Don't think that was possible. Apparently it needed to be mixed with something else to become explosive.

[Billys Boots]

What if it had become unstable and exploded, either during the flight or in the block of flats

Don't think that was possible. Apparently it needed to be mixed with something else to become explosive.

Apparently not Zap; if that material's temperature had dropped below -4C, it becomes seriously unstable to the extent that it didn't need a detonator to explode.  The expert talking about it last night (on Matt Cooper) said that if it had been left in the boot of the car, and the car was rear-ended in the snow, it effectively became a car-bomb. 

[Zapatista]

Mad stuff

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Seriously criminal irresponsibility on the part of the Slovaks. I hope that lad fleeces them, stupid fecks.

[Hardy]

Major F.up all round. What if this guy changed his mind and took a flight to the US or China? Pricks.

Jesus he'd be dead and all over fox news.

Or England.

He should get rid of the bag too or next time he goes through (proper) security the sniffers (they have devices that chemically "sniff" your luggage, apparently) could go off.