Crime Australian Man Detained for Carrying Grenade Rounds at Phuket Airport

[Yagoda]

13 hours ago, Kerryd said:

Without the original paint and markings, it's hard to tell from that photo if those are inert (i.e. training rounds with no explosive warheads) or if they are live rounds.

If you cant tell they are inert by looking at the photos, then you arent going to be an EOD guy in the future.

 

The rounds have no fuses either. Not even inert ones.

[Bundooman]

On 5/7/2025 at 11:36 AM, Yagoda said:

82 mm inert Soviet HE mortar round, no fuse, probably an O 832 round

 

You can tell by the holes

Wow! don't you know your stuff! Wow!

Special Ops/Black Ops? Weapons specialist? Know-it-all?

I thought they were ashtrays........

[Harrisfan]

On 5/7/2025 at 5:14 PM, factual monk said:

May be he thought it as a souvenir... 

Looks cool to me

[Yagoda]

5 hours ago, Bundooman said:

Wow! don't you know your stuff! Wow!

Special Ops/Black Ops? Weapons specialist? Know-it-all?

I thought they were ashtrays........

Thanks for the compliment, I'm sure you did think they were ashtrays.

[wavodavo]

On 5/7/2025 at 4:08 PM, khunjeff said:

There was no "security breach". He carried items that weren't allowed, and they were found during the screening process as they should have been. Presumably these mortar rounds didn't contain explosive, or he's an even bigger fool than he already appears to be. It would have been nice to read an explanation of where he had gotten these and why he was carrying them.

It is possible to carry certain unique dangerous  items on a plane but you have to declare them. I had a chinese chopper and a machete handmade for me in the philipines one time and was worried I would not be able to bring them back to Australia so when I got to the airport I  declared them and they were  taken off me and I was told to collect them at the oversize counter upon arrival at Brisbane which I did no problem. So I reckon that if this bloke's items were inert and harmless he probably could have done the same as me.