Finnish tourist held over hoax threat call to airportJyrk Uhanivrmo, from Finland, is interrogated by police on Friday for allegedly making a phone call warning there would be an untoward incident at Suvarnabhumi airport. (Photo supplied)A 63-year-old Finnish man was arrested after a hoax phone caller warned there would be an "untoward incident" at Suvarnabhumi airport. Jyrk Uhanivrmo was taken into custody on Friday as he was about to board AirAsia flight FD636 from Don Mueang airport to Da Nang airport in Vietnam. The arrest came after a security officer at Suvarnabhumi airport alerted police that a man had phoned a call centre and said there would be an incident at the airport. Suvarnabhumi police checked phone records and found the mobile phone number which made the call was registered to Jyrk Uhanivrmo.

Source: Bangkok Post January 03, 2020 09:22 UTC