Items
in the Strangest Places
–It’s important to check your bags prior to traveling. If a prohibited item is
discovered in your bag, you could be cited and possibly arrested by law
enforcement. Here are a few examples from this week where prohibited items were
found in strange places.
- A pocketknife was discovered in a shoe at Salt Lake City (SLC).
- Using a body scanner, Officers discovered an 8 oz. bottle of vodka discovered in a passengers pants at Nashville (BNA).
Inert
Grenades Etc. –
We continue to find hand grenades and other weaponry on weekly basis. Please
keep in mind that if something looks like a bomb, grenade, mine, etc., it is
prohibited - real or not. When these items are found at a checkpoint, they can
cause significant delays. I know they are cool novelty items, but it is best
not to take them on a plane. Read here
and here on
why inert items cause problems.
- A belt buckle in the shape of a hand grenade slowed down operations at Kona (KOA) while we went through the proper steps to ensure it wasn’t a live grenade.
- 4 inert grenades were discovered in a carry-on bags at Denver (DEN), Salt Lake City (SLC), Tulsa (TUL), and Houston (IAH).
Stun
Guns – 6
stun guns were discovered in carry-on bags at checkpoints around the nation:
Chicago O’Hare (ORD), 3 at Baltimore (BWI), Chicago Midway (MDW), Denver (DEN)
Miscellaneous
Prohibited Items -
In addition to all of the other prohibited items we find weekly, our Officers
also regularly find firearm components, realistic replica firearms, bb and
pellet guns, Airsoft guns, brass knuckles, ammunition, batons, and a lot of
sharp pointy things. Just to mention a few…
Firearms - Here are the firearms our Officers found in carry-on baggage since I posted last Friday.
Firearms - Here are the firearms our Officers found in carry-on baggage since I posted last Friday.
You can travel with your firearms in checked baggage, but they must first be declared to the airline. You can go here for more details on how to properly travel with your firearms. Firearm possession laws vary by state and locality. Travelers should familiarize themselves with state and local firearm laws for each point of travel prior to departure.
Unfortunately these
sorts of occurrences are all too frequent which is why we talk about these
finds. Sure, it’s great to share the things that our officers are finding, but
at the same time, each time we find a dangerous item, the throughput is slowed
down and a passenger that likely had no ill intent ends up with a citation or
in some cases is even arrested. This is a friendly reminder to please leave
these items at home. Just because we find a prohibited item on an individual
does not mean they had bad intentions, that's for the law enforcement officer
to decide. In many cases, people simply forgot they had these items.
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