Aerial view of Schiphol airport near Amsterdam. PHOTO: REUTERS
"We first checked if the man had anything on him ... then we searched his bags with dogs. We found nothing and the situation returned to normal," a police spokesperson told Dutch radio.
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Making false bomb threats is a criminal act in the Netherlands, and the man will face charges after the case is turned over to a prosecutor, said Eric Vermeulen of the Dutch Royal Marechaussee.
Het meest gekke aan deze foto is nog dat alle andere mensen niet op of om kijken. Op de baliemedewerker na #schiphol pic.twitter.com/qU1cTxswVG
— Remy van Mannekes (@remyvanmannekes) January 1, 2016
Media reports showed pictures of the unnamed man splayed face down on the floor with a policeman's weapon trained on him before he was escorted away.
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Getting evacuated in the airport cause of this nutjob pic.twitter.com/PwCah5FbJc
— b (@MrNickSkelhorn) January 1, 2016
The reports added the lounge was cleared as a precaution for some 20 minutes.
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