AMSTERDAM — ****** in Amsterdam are interrogating a 51-year-old Canadian man who was arrested after allegedly claiming he had a **** at at the city’s Schiphol Airport.

Border patrol agency spokeswoman Joanna Helmonds says authorities are trying to figure out a motive for the alleged ********.

She alleges that on Monday, the man reported he had a **** in his luggage that was set to go off.

She says it was a false alarm, but a serious ****** nonetheless.

Helmonds says the departure hall was evacuated for about half an hour as a precaution, but was later reopened after the ******.

She says he is facing charges in connection to making a false **** report.

Further information, such as the man’s identity or what province he was from, is not available yet as the ************* is ongoing.