TV Crew Tried To Get Through Airport Security Checkpoint With Fake Bomb

At least seven people who said they worked for a TV crew were arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport Thursday, after they allegedly tried to film themselves going through a security checkpoint with a fake explosive device.

The Transportation Security Administration said Port Authority police arrested the group after officers detected a suspicious item in a carry-on bag.

A preliminary investigation indicated that the defendants were all in collaboration and claimed to work for a television network, the TSA said. Some members of the group tried deliberately to carry through the security checkpoint a carry-on bag that with something inside that had “all the makings of an improvised explosive device,” the TSA said.

Sources told CBS2 the crew was associated with the CNBC show “Staten Island Hustle.”

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