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Man held in China for a hoax bomb threat to a plane

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Press Trust of India Beijing
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 3:24 AM IST

The airport had received an anonymous phone call last Friday saying that a bomb was onboard flight CA406, according to the local police.

Police evacuated the passengers to inspect the plane and later discovered the threat was a hoax and there was no explosive device.

The flight was delayed for nearly five hours.

The Shanghai police had launched a probe into the case and eventually detained the suspect, surnamed Pu, last night.

Pu confessed he gave false information so as to extort some money, the police said. PTI KJV

  

First Published: Apr 30 2012 | 10:15 PM IST

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