Security problem ties up airport
By Bill Scanlon, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published May 15, 2008 at 11 p.m.
A security breach at a screening facility at Denver International Airport delayed flights Thursday morning and caused long lines through checkpoints.
"The area was secured by 10:24 a.m. All trains were stopped, and all screening was stopped," DIA spokesman Chuck Cannon said.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were at DIA with an arrest warrant for a man and a woman suspected of dealing in counterfeit goods, said Carl Rusnok, ICE spokesman.
They'd been tracking the pair's movements and were at the airport to snag them before they boarded their flight.
According to Carrie Harmon of the Transportation Security Administration the officers had been cleared through the north security checkpoint when "a question arose as to whether their credentials had been properly verified."
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