The National Police has arrested a 43-year-old man as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of public disorder. The detainee allegedly notified the 091 Room of the planting of a bomb in the Los Rodeos airportwhich altered the airport service.
Last Holy Thursdaythe National Police received an anonymous notice about the placement of an explosive device in the The airport of Tenerife North.
For this reason, agents of the National Police went to the place to, after adopting the necessary security measures, verify the veracity of the threat, which turned out to be false. The airport service was restored to normal after the intervention of the National Police.
The investigators began the practice of proceedings to identify the alleged perpetrator of the events. This, a 43-year-old man, was arrested in Santa Cruz de Tenerife by agents of the National Police and placed at the disposal of the competent judicial authority.
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False bomb alarms cause a mobilization in the emergency services, including the National Police, which causes serious harm to citizens, since resources are mobilized to attend to them that could be used to respond to the urgent demands of citizens. .
Besides, the National Police recalls that the false statement about the placement of an explosive device, which causes the mobilization of emergency services, is a crime of public disorder that can be punished with prison terms of three months and one day to one year.
