Slovakia to Traveler: Just Kidding About Those Explosives
Slovakia found itself rather embarrassed Wednesday, our correspondent in the country informs us, after a policeman planted explosives into the luggage of a man traveling from the city of Poprad to Dublin — unbenownst to the traveler, a 49-year-old electrician who has worked in Ireland for several years.
The Slovak newspaper SME described the failure is “a shame for all Slovaks.”
The Poprad airport claims it notified the plane’s pilot that the policeman — who has been serving for over 20 years — placed the explosive device in the man’s baggage, according to reports in the Slovak media.
The planting of explosive devices into the bags of unwitting passengers was part of a training exercise for bomb-sniffing dogs at two Slovak airports last Saturday. The dogs were able to find all nine devices — though the one bound for Ireland was not removed.
