Amsterdam airport was evacuated last night as armed police and a bomb squad patrolled the terminal after officials reported a 'suspicious situation'.
One man was arrested by military police on the plaza outside the main entrance to the airport following the warning and his bags were searched by bomb disposal experts.
Heavily armed Dutch special military police, wearing balaclavas, were seen guarding the airport, which has been on high alert since the March 22 attacks in Brussels.
Evacuation: Amsterdam's Schiphol's airport was partially evacuated after officials raised the alarm
Bomb squad: One man was arrested and his luggage was searched by members of the bomb squad
Armed: Police carrying assault rifles spent several hours guarding the airport during the bomb scare
Military police later said the terror scare was triggered by a man 'acting suspiciously' at the airport
Emergency: Military police spokesman said a man was arrested at 21.45 local time outside the main entrance
Police evacuated part of the airport plaza and the adjacent Sheraton Hotel and arrested one person amid a suspicious situation,' spokeswoman Danielle Timmer told agencies, adding she had no further information.
Military police spokesman Alfred Ellwanger said that 'around 9:45 pm (1945 GMT) a man was arrested on the square in front of the main entrance to the airport's plaza'.
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'The bomb disposal squad is also on the scene and they are checking the man's luggage,' he said.
In the early hours of this morning he confirmed that 'no dangerous materials were found' in the man's luggage and the tight security measures were lifted.
He said the suspect remained in custody and was under investigation. He added the arrest followed 'a report of a suspicious situation,' but didn't elaborate.
Ellwanger added that no flights were disrupted at the busy airport and trains were arriving as normal at the underground station which links the huge travel hub to the rest of the Netherlands.
It was not immediately clear how many people were evacuated when military police cordoned off the area, but Ellwanger said there had only been a few departures or arrivals left for the day.
Schiphol, which lies just outside the Dutch capital Amsterdam, is one of Europe's busiest travel hubs with about 50 million visitors passing through each year.
Tensions have been high since the Brussels airport and metro bombings killed 32 people in neighbouring Belgium.
Like the November attacks on Paris, the March 22 bombings were claimed by the Islamic State (ISIS) group.
Armed: Schiphol Plaza and the next door Sheraton Hotel was cleared as a precaution
Hub: The airport's underground train services were running as normal and flights were uninterrupted
However, scores of passengers unable to reach their parked vehicles were left stranded
One person was also arrested late Tuesday at the nearby Leiden railway station for raising a 'false alarm', a spokeswoman for The Hague police said.
Another person was arrested at Schiphol, but in an unrelated incident, police said.
There has been concern in the Netherlands about whether it could be targeted in a terror attack, due to its proximity to both Belgium and France.
As a precaution, the government stepped up security at national airports and train stations and tightened controls on its southern border with Belgium.
Dutch police carried out raids in Rotterdam last month, uncovering about 99lbs of ammunition in one apartment linked to a foiled attack on France.
French suspect Anis Bahri was arrested at the flat in the southern port on March 27 at Paris' request.
He is fighting his extradition to Paris, where he is wanted on suspicion of plotting a foiled attack on France for Islamic State with another man, Reda Kriket.
Two Algerians arrested with Bahri have been remanded in custody in the Netherlands.
A hooded member of the security forces guards a part of Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam
Dozens of passengers wait outside Schiphol Airport after military police arrested a man
Tensions have been high since the Brussels airport and metro bombing
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Amsterdam airport was evacuated last night as armed police and a bomb squad patrolled the terminal after officials reported a 'suspicious situation'. One man was arrested by military police on the plaza outside the main entrance to the airport and his bags were searched by bomb disposal experts. Heavily armed Dutch special military police, wearing balaclavas, were seen guarding the airport (main picture and inset left), while scores of passengers were left stranded (inset bottom right).
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