Knife Found in Book of Yemen-Bound Traveler
A man with a one-way ticket to Yemen attempted to board a plane with a knife hidden in a book, authorities said.
Mohammed Ghanem, 21, of Hamtramck, was jailed Saturday on $500,000 bail after being arraigned on a charge of possessing a weapon in the sterile area of an airport. He was arrested Thursday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after Transportation Security Administration officers detected the knife.
Ghanem was born in Yemen, but is now a legal permanent resident of the United States and was returning to Yemen to get married, his attorney said.
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