STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.– Officers of the Transport Security Administration (TSA) just recently revealed an unusual kind of packing inside one tourist’s vacation bird.
Previously today, TSA officers in Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida found a weapon concealed inside a tourist’s raw baking hen, triggering a pun-laden tweet about correct gun procedures.
” There’s an individual fowl here. Our officers @FLLFlyer made this extremely raw discover,” the tweet states. “We dislike to break it to you however packing a gun in your vacation bird for travel is simply a baste of time. So, do not wing it, you’ll discover all the correct product packaging details here: https://bit.ly/2H51Dcm”
” You might transfer unloaded guns in a locked hard-sided container as examined luggage just. State the gun and/or ammo to the airline company when inspecting your bag at the ticket counter. The container should totally protect the gun from being accessed. Locked cases that can be quickly opened are not allowed. Understand that the container the gun remained in when acquired might not properly protect the gun when it is carried in examined luggage,” according to TSA standards.
Up until now this year, more than 700 guns have actually been found at Florida airports, representing approximately 14% of all guns discovered at U.S. airports in 2022, according to a Forbes report.
When a TSA officers identifies a gun on the X-ray device, regional authorities are alerted, and they eliminate the tourist and the gun from the checkpoint prior to choosing whether to bring criminal charges, the report states.
Even if the tourist is not charged criminally, they are still based on civil fines.
The civil fine for bringing a gun to an airport checkpoint begins at $1,500, increasing to $3,000 if the weapon is filled and possibly as much as $13,910 for repeat culprits, according to TSA assistance.
