A senior army officer has been charged after he allegedly took a decommissioned hand grenade through Scotland's busiest airport.  Lt Col Hugo Clark is accused of taking a deactivated explosive through security, causing a bomb squad to be called to Edinburgh Airport.

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Police issue update after old hand grenade found in clear out of property

Lt Col Hugo Clark is accused of carrying a deactivated explosive device in his hand luggage at Edinburgh Airport

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British Army officer charged after dummy grenade found at airport

A British Army officer has been charged with taking a decommissioned grenade through Edinburgh Airport in October, with the incident forcing the bomb squad to visit Scotland's busiest airport

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British Army officer charged 'after trying to take grenade through airport'

Alamy  A TOP Army officer was arrested after ­taking a hand grenade through airport security. Bungling Lt Col Hugo Clark MBE had the dummy weapon in his hand luggage as he went through Edinburgh Airport. GettyA top Army officer had a dummy grenade in his hand luggage[/caption]
Bomb squad officers raced to the scene and eventually found it had been deactivated. Lt Col Clark, 54, of the Royal Regiment of Scotland and serving head of public relatio…

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Top Army officer arrested after taking hand grenade through airport security

Bomb squad officers raced to Edinburgh airport after a grenade was discovered (Picture: Getty Images)  A senior Army officer who allegedly tried to take a hand grenade through airport security has been charged. Lt Col Hugo Clark is accused of attempting to bring the deactivated explosive through Scotland’s busiest airport in his hand luggage. Bomb squad officers raced to the scene after the grenade was found in security scans of a passenger’s ca…

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British Army officer charged after bomb scare over airport hand grenade

A senior officer in the British Army has been charged after allegedly taking a decommissioned hand grenade through Scotland’s busiest airport.

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Army officer charged after airport alert over dummy hand grenade

Lt Col Hugo Clark is set to appear in court over an incident at Edinburgh Airport last month.

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A bomb squad was called to Edinburgh Airport in October and Lt Col Hugo Clark is accused of taking a deactivated explosive through security.

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According to government guidance, imitation explosive devices, as well as mines, grenades, and other explosive military stores, cannot be taken on planes in either hand luggage or in the hold.

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Army officer charged over dummy grenade alert at Edinburgh Airport

Bomb experts have confirmed that an old hand grenade found during a the clear out of a property was not live.

Army officer charged over dummy grenade alert at Edinburgh Airport

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