Airport security in Miami finds bag of snakes hidden in passenger's pants
File photo.
It was snakes almost on a plane in the United States (US). Airport security at theMiami International Airport found a bag of snakes hidden in apassenger'spants.In a post on X, thespokesperson of theTransportation Security Administration (TSA)said that the incident at the airportoccurred on April 26.
"The TSA called our Customs and Border Protection (CBP)Southeast,andMiami-Dade Police partners in to assist, andthe snakes were turned overto the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission,"the spokesperson said on Tuesday (April 30).
Snakes in bag
The post on X included a photo of two small snakes thatwere foundin what appeared to be a sunglasses bag.
Officers at @iflymia detected this bag of snakes hidden in a passenger’s pants at a checkpoint on Fri, April 26. @TSA called our @CBPSoutheast and Miami-Dade Police partners in to assist, and the snakes were turned over to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. pic.twitter.com/CggJob8IT8 — TSA_Gulf (@TSA_Gulf) April 30, 2024
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Itisnot yet knownwhy the passenger was carrying these snakes in his bag.
Another bizarre incident at the New York airport
This incident at the Miami International Airport came months after security officers found 17 bullets concealed inside a disposable baby diaper at NewYork’sLaGuardia Airport, the news agency Associated Press reported.
The TSA said that on December 20, 2023, officers pulled the otherwise clean diaper from apassenger’scarry-on bag after it triggered an alarm in an X-ray machine at an airport security checkpoint.
The passenger initially claimed hedidn’tknow how the bullet-filled diaper ended up in his bag. Laterhesuggested his girlfriend put it there, the agency said.
(With inputs from agencies)