Man caught with pipe bomb at Manchester airport jailed
by Frances Perraudin from World news | The Guardian on (#302J1)
Nadeem Muhammad, 43, sentenced to 18 years after attempting to board Ryanair flight to Italy with bomb in hand luggage
A man who tried to smuggle a pipe bomb onboard a flight from Manchester to Italy has been sentenced to 18 years in jail.
Nadeem Muhammad, 43, was was found to be carrying the "crude explosive device" when he was searched as he tried to board a flight to Bergamo on 30 January. Security officers found the bomb, made from batteries, tape, a marker pen and pins, in the zip lining of a small green suitcase he was carrying.