NEWARK, N.J. — In the latest installment of ‘What’s In Your Bag?’, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty Airport discovered one heck of a ****** paper roller earlier this week.
The item in question, which was packed in a male passenger’s carry-on bag and flagged after going through the X-ray machine, was revealed to be a realistic replica of a handgun. Rather than spit out bullets, it was designed to spin out paper instead.
Harmless or not, travellers are not permitted to bring real or replica ******** through security checkpoints.
TSA says it gave the man the option to place it in a checked bag, hand it off to a companion or surrender it. He decided to give it to TSA.
TSA has amassed a huge collection of questionable carry-on items from airports across the U.S. Its Instagram account reads like a photo archive of dangerous and outrageous objects passengers have tried to carry onboard their flights. Here are a few examples: