This Tuesday, November 12, around 3 p.m., an alert was triggered at Félix Eboué airport in Cayenne. Screening officers discovered a suspicious item in luggage. The terminal has been evacuated, indicates the prefecture in a press release. The alert was lifted around 4 p.m.
Laura Philippon / Laurent Marot
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Published on November 12, 2024 at 5:41 p.m.,
updated November 12, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
An alert was triggered, around 3 p.m., this Tuesday, November 12, at Félix Eboué airport, in Cayenne.
Airport control agents detected a suspicious object in a traveler's luggage, the prefecture of Guyana said in a press release.
According to the police, it was cabin baggage and it was during the check that the security officers had doubts.
The procedure was then initiated, the prefect activated the zone operational center (COZ).
As a safety measure, the airport was evacuated. The police then came to the scene and cleared up the doubt.
Civil security deminers were activated, but according to our information, they were not engaged.
The airport resumed normal operations around 4 p.m.
