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Customs: 2nd person detained after Flight 253 for reasons unrelated to attack
U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Ron Smith today told the Detroit News that the second person taken into custody Christmas Day at Detroit Metropolitan Airport had nothing to do with the attempted bombing aboard Flight 253. In a comment made Saturday on MLive.com, Kurt Haskell, a Taylor attorney, said he saw authorities handcuff a second man after a bomb-sniffing dog alerted them to something in the man's carry-on bag. Smith confirmed for MLive.com yesterday that a second person had been taken into custody, but today tells the News the person was a passenger on a different flight. "There was a second person taken into custody, but it had nothing to do with Flight 253," he said. "They did see dogs, but again, it was a totally different incident." When asked whether the incident was drug related, Smith told the newspaper, "Something like that." Posted by: Steve White 2009-12-31 |
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