2 grenades found in carry-on

Training grenades located by airport security at Washington state airport
Feb. 20, 2008

YAKIMA, Wash. -- A 20-year-old member of the military was arrested after trying to get through airport security with two training grenades in a carry-on bag, police said. Transportation Security Administration agents using a belt scanner spotted the grenades at Yakima Air Terminal about 11:15 a.m. Sunday, police Sgt. Tim Bardwell said. The grenades contained live fuses but had no explosives packed around them, Bardwell told the Yakima Herald-Republic.

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