The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) unveiled its list of the top 10 “most unusual items” discovered by officials at airport security checkpoints in 2024 in a new video this week.
Sharing a video of the top 10 “most unusual items” in a post on X, formerly Twitter, the TSA tweeted, “TSA’s Top 10 Best Catches of 2024 are trending! While most people are dropping their list of what was HOT last year… we’re here with a list of what was NOT (prohibited items).”
TSA officials reported that a man at the Newark International Airport was arrested by police officials after trying to smuggle a 9 mm handgun by hiding the disassembled gun in a Lego box. An October press release by the TSA noted, “The gun’s slide, spring and gun magazine loaded with 12 bullets were detected mixed among the plastic pieces of a Black Panther LEGO set.”
In February, a passenger at the Chicago Midway International Airport was found smuggling a vape pen inside a toothpaste tube. In a post on Instagram, the TSA wrote, “9 out of 10 dentists do not recommend.”
The TSA added, “Seems like they wanted to add a dash of minty-coolness to their traveling experience. What do we think? Attempting to conceal items is a sure way to get yourself in a paste-y situation.”
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Another strange discovery occurred in April at the Miami International Airport. The TSA reported that a man attempted to sneak live snakes through airport security by smuggling them inside his pants.
Other top strange TSA discoveries included a marijuana hidden in a peanut butter container, a knife hidden in a person’s shoe, a gun hidden in a teapot, a replica of an improvised explosive device attached to a walkie-talkie, Methamphetamine hidden in a person’s crutches, and a blade hidden inside a laptop.
The top unusual item discovered by the TSA was a gun that was hidden inside a baby stroller.
Following the release of the TSA’s top unusual discoveries for 2024, a TSA spokesperson told Fox News that the video is a “great illustration of the kinds of prohibited items” and that the items showcased in the video “also represent the kinds of items that cause delays in checkpoints.”
The TSA spokesperson added, “Transportation Security Officers at airport checkpoints are really good at stopping [prohibited items] from entering the secure side of airports and in the passenger cabins of commercial airplanes.”
