Man charged with hiding knife in prosthetic leg at airport

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Man charged with hiding knife in prosthetic leg at airport

WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (AP) =97 State police say a New Hampshire man tried to=
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smuggle a hunting knife onto a flight at Bradley International Airport by=20
hiding it in his prosthetic leg. Gunnar Kangas, 64, of West Chesterfield,=20
N.H., was arrested Thursday on charges of possession of a dangerous weapon=
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and circumventing security. Kangas set off an alarm at a metal detector=20
Thursday morning when he walked through security on his way to a flight,=20
state police said. He kept walking, but security stopped him and found the=
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knife while checking him with a hand-held metal detector, authorities told=
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The Hartford Courant. Police seized the knife and released Kangas on a $400=
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bond. He is scheduled to appear in Enfield Superior Court on April 22.


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