London, March 31: Britain is investigating the security lapses that lead to a fake bomb concealed in a wedding cake box travelling to Istanbul undetected in a cargo flight, police said on Wednesday.
The device travelled undetected to Istanbul on a flight operated by UPS two weeks ago, the same airline that carried a bomb disguised as a printer ink cartridge to East Midlands airport in October.
It had been delivered to a UPS office in north London by a Turkish man two weeks ago, according to ITV News. It had a timer, wires and detonator and was placed inside a wedding cake box.
A spokesman at the UK’s department for transport was quoted by The Telegraph as saying, “We have already begun an investigation which will look at all aspects of this incident, including UPS’s procedures .”
A 26-year-old man was arrested at his home last week on suspicion of making a bomb hoax but was later granted bail, police said.
The spokesman said the hoax was not related to terrorism and added, “A search was undertaken at an address in north London in connection with this inquiry and is now complete.”
“UPS is cooperating with the British separtment for transport’s investigation of the incident,” the company was quoted as saying.
The incident has occurred five months after two bombs were discovered on cargo planes in Leicestershire and Dubai.
-PTI