Thread: Officers Uncover 13 Knives in a Passenger's Carry-on

BWI Officers Uncover 13 Knives Concealed in a Passenger's Carry-on

Good Catch

July 11, 2011

Every day, TSA officers around the country stop knives, as well as guns and other weapons from being taken aboard airplanes. However, it's not every day that a passenger tries to walk through a checkpoint with over a dozen knives in their carry-on — but that's exactly what TSA officers at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) uncovered recently.

A TSA officer running an X-ray machine detected something suspicious in a carry-on bag and a fellow officer responded with a bag search that uncovered 13 different knives concealed in the carry-on. The passenger was arrested by local police, and there was no impact to flight operations.

http://www.tsa.gov/press/goodcatch/071111_knives.shtm

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