An employee at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) was arrested in connection to the multiple dry ice bombs that exploded throughout the airport earlier this week, Fox News reported.
Dicarlo Bennett, a 28-year-old employee of Servisair -- one of the airport's ground crew companies -- was detained by authorities on Tuesday evening.
Details on possible charges Bennett faces are unknown.
Officials believe that Bennett obtained the dry ice from a plane, put in inside a 20-oz. plastic bottle, and placed it in an employee bathroom on Sunday night, where it later exploded. They also allege he placed a second plastic bottle filled with dry ice on the tarmac outside of the airport's international terminal on the same night.
Parts of the second bomb were discovered by an employee, who threw them in the garbage. That same employee found an unexploded bottle on Monday night, leading him to report his findings.
No one was hurt during the explosions, although the dry ice bombs could have causes serious harm to others according to Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Michael Downing.
"Our intent is to find the person who did it, build a prosecutable case, and put them in jail," he added.
On Tuesday, investigators were interviewing employees and urging them to come forward with any information regarding the dry ice bombs, which police did not believe was related to terrorism. Authorities said the bombs are most likely related to an internal labor dispute.
Some flights were delayed on Sunday evening but Monday's schedule remained on time.
Dry ice bombs are illegal in some U.S. states, including California. They are created by mixing water and dry ice in a closed container. As the dry ice forms into a gas, pressure increases and the container explodes.
According to the Transportation Security Administration, passengers can carry up to 5 lbs of dry ice in their baggage or carry-ons as long as it's stored properly. However, if agents believe it poses a threat to security, they can prohibit luggage containing dry ice from flights.
