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Yongda Huang Harris: Los Angeles International Airport

U.S. Customs And Border Protection Officers Dept: Yongda Huang Harris, 28, was taken into custody recently during a stopover on a trip from Japan when U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers reported noticing he was wearing the protective gear under his trench coat, triggering a Homeland Security investigation, according to Montreal Gazette. Harris has not co-operated with authorities attempting to interview him, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an open investigation Tuesday and lOS ANGELES, Calif. - A man arrested at Los Angeles International Airport wearing a bulletproof vest and flame-resistant pants is not co-operating with federal officials working to discover why he was headed to Boston with a suitcase full of weapons, authorities say. A search of Harris' checked luggage uncovered numerous suspicious items, including a smoke grenade, knives, body bags, a hatchet, a collapsible baton, a biohazard suit, a gas mask, billy clubs, handcuffs, leg irons and a device to repel dogs, authorities said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.