The small device set off an alarm as it was being screened by the TSA, according to the complaint against Mark Muffley, 40.
, they found inside the lining a device that was about 3 inches in diameter. It was filled with a powder and had two fuses covered with wax paper and plastic wrap.
Mark Muffley, 40, was caught at Lehigh Valley airport trying to sneak a bomb onto a flight to Florida inside his luggageAccording to a criminal complaint, “the powder” found in the small bomb is suspected to be a mixture of flash powder and the dark granular that are used in commercial-grade fireworks.
A spokesman for the airport told the outlet that the device was found shortly after 11 a.m. on Monday on the west side of the main terminal, which was then shut down.
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