Two arrested in connection with last week's Gatwick Airport alert drama
Two men have been arrested in connection with the major alert at Gatwick Airport last week.
The men had been identified by Police as departing on a flight to Majorca on Wednesday (May 1) after leaving a van suspiciously in the North Terminal car park.
Officers were at the airport yesterday (May 6) to arrest them on their easyJet flight back from Palma around 2pm.
The men, both 33, one from Enfield, Middlesex, and the other who gave no address, were arrested on suspicion of theft, fraud by false representation, handling stolen goods, causing a public nuisance and money laundering.
They have been released on bail until August 28.
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