Man found with explosives at airport

A 26-year-old man was arrested at Paphos airport for transporting explosives, authorities said on Monday.

According to Paphos police, during security checks at the airport suspicious items were found in the 26-year-old’s bag, including a full military cartridge and a training grenade tube.

The man was travelling to Italy, and during questioning he said that the grenade was from a military exercise he had recently attended at the National Guard, where he is a conscript.

He told police that the items had fallen into his bag on accident, and that he did not have any illegal intentions.

Police charged the man in writing and released him to appear in court at a later date.