A 50-year-old man was arrested after he shouted to airport officials at Moi International Airport, Mombasa that he had a bomb.
Harrison Njenga Kiarie was being screened when he became wild and shouted at the staff there he was carrying a bomb in his bag.
The man was departing Mombasa when the incident happened.
Police were called and arrested him.
He was arrested and upon thorough search, a bomb was recovered and kept as an exhibit, police said.
He was taken to custody pending arraignment.
It is not clear what he wanted to do with the explosive.
Police said they plan to destroy the explosive.
Cases of terrorism have been on the decline in major urban areas following operations by police and other agents.
The terror group al-Shabaab has been breaching areas near the Kenyan-Somalia border attacking security agents after setting up improvised explosive devices on the roads.
On Friday, February 24, two police officers were killed after their vehicle ran over a bomb along Dadaab- Garissa Road.
Two others were injured in the incident.
