Terminal 4’s check-in area evacuated for three hours on Monday while police located CS spray
Police have arrested a man on suspicion of bringing teargas into Heathrow airport, which caused Terminal 4’s check-in area to briefly shut down.
The check-in area at the UK’s main international airport was evacuated for around three hours on Monday evening as emergency services probed a “potential hazardous materials incident”.
A Metropolitan police spokesperson said a 57-year-old man had been arrested after urgent inquiries on suspicion of possession of a firearm (CS spray) and “causing a public nuisance”.
After searching the area, Met officers located a canister of “what is believed to be CS spray”, which was “thought to have caused a reaction to those within the airport,” the police said.
