{"id":153101,"date":"2019-07-31T20:24:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T12:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1798181\/"},"modified":"2019-07-31T20:24:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T12:24:18","slug":"traveler-detained-for-missile-launcher-in-luggage-still-catches-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/07\/31\/traveler-detained-for-missile-launcher-in-luggage-still-catches-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveler Detained for Missile Launcher in Luggage Still Catches Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Missile launcher detected by TSA at BWI airport (via Transportation Security Administration)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

There’s no telling what people are rolling around in their suitcases: grenades stuffed into shoes, throwing stars tucked between underwear, narcotics disguised as holiday gifts.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Transportation Security Administration has uncovered some bizarre items<\/a> hidden in luggage\u2014most recently, a missile launcher.<\/span><\/p>\n

TSA officers on Monday<\/a> alerted police at the Baltimore\/Washington International Airport after spotting the weapon in a man’s checked bag.<\/span><\/p>\n

The unnamed passenger from Jacksonville, Texas told officials he is an active military personnel traveling home from Kuwait, “and he wanted to keep the missile launcher as a souvenir.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Fortunately, the item was not live and posed no immediate danger.<\/span><\/p>\n

Still, the TSA would like to remind folks that military weapons <\/span>are not permitted<\/span><\/i> in checked or carry-on bags.<\/span><\/p>\n

Based on a photo published by the security agency, the “keepsake” is a Griffin missile system component<\/a> made by Raytheon; it’s described as an “air- and ground-launched, precise, low-collateral-damage weapon for irregular warfare operations.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The device was confiscated and handed over to the Maryland State Fire Marshal for safe disposal.<\/span><\/p>\n

The man, meanwhile, was discharged in time to catch his flight.<\/span><\/p>\n

Raytheon did not immediately respond to Geek’s request for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Still unsure what you’re allowed to pack in carry-on and checked baggage? See the TSA’s extensive list in full online<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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