A man has been arrested after a “potential hazardous materials incident” trigged an evacuation of Terminal 4.
Specialist officers attended the scene where 21 people required medical treatment following “mass hysteria”.
Emergency services recovered a canister believed to hold CS spray during a search of the airport.
“It is thought that this substance caused a reaction to those within the airport,” the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
A 57-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm (CS spray) and causing a public nuisance.
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