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A man has been arrested after an explosive was found in a checked bag at Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley International Airport, the FBI said Wednesday.
Mark Muffley, 40, from Lansford, Pennsylvania, was arrested on Monday and charged with attempting to place an explosive or incendiary device on an aircraft after his suitcase triggered an alarm during the routine screening.
Muffley was set to take an Allegiant flight heading to Florida’s Orlando Sanford International Airport.
Lisa Farbstein, a spokesperson from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA), said that a TSA officer “physically inspected the contents of the luggage” after the alarm went off.
The officer “located an item inside the suitcase that appeared to be suspicious and was believed to possibly be a live explosive device,” she said.
“FBI and local law enforcement bomb technicians determined that the item was indeed a live explosive device.
