TSA finds gun in raw chicken in checked bag at Florida airport

“We hate to beak it to you right here, however stuffing a firearm in your vacation hen for journey is only a baste of time,” the company wrote on Instagram Monday alongside images of the offending poultry. “This concept wasn’t even half-baked; it was uncooked, greasy, and clearly unsupervised.”

“The one roast taking place right here is that this poor packing alternative!” the TSA added.

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The incident occurred round 6 a.m. Sept. 27 on the checked baggage scanning facility in Terminal 4 of the Fort Lauderdale airport, TSA spokesperson R. Carter Langston wrote in an e mail Tuesday.

It concerned a world passenger, so officers with Customs and Border Safety responded, Langston added. A CBP spokesperson confirmed officers responded to the incident, however stated he was unable to offer particulars on the passenger.

Unloaded firearms are permitted in checked baggage, however they have to be in a locked, hard-sided case and declared on the ticket counter, in accordance with the TSA. If you happen to’re touring to a different state or internationally, remember to analysis the legal guidelines for carrying firearms in your vacation spot.

“Make sure you realize what the gun legal guidelines are on either side of your journey or chances are you’ll be heading to jail as a substitute of to your loved ones gathering,” TSA spokesperson Sari Koshetz stated in a news release. “Weapons will not be authorized to move even in checked baggage in some jurisdictions.”

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The gun found in Fort Lauderdale might have been unusually hid, however it comes amid an uptick in weapons discovered at checkpoints in Florida airports and nationwide.

Passengers have introduced a file 700 weapons to airport safety in Florida this yr by way of Nov. 3, in accordance with the TSA. Almost all of the weapons have been loaded and most had a bullet within the chamber, the company stated.

Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa commonly rank among the many nation’s high airports in weapons found, in accordance with the TSA. Brokers stopped a passenger with a loaded gun at a Fort Lauderdale checkpoint on Sunday, marking the 121st firearm found on the airport this yr, Koshetz stated in an e mail.

The company seized 5,972 firearms nationwide in 2021, greater than a 3rd greater than the earlier file set in 2019, regardless of fewer passengers touring as a result of coronavirus. The rise has sparked proposals in Congress to extend schooling round touring with weapons and lift the penalties for carrying them improperly.

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It’s unclear if the chicken-toting traveler was arrested. Passengers caught with “undeclared and/or improperly packaged firearms” of their checked baggage can face a advantageous of as much as $1,390 and lose their PreCheck standing, in accordance with the TSA’s website. Making an attempt to deliver a loaded gun or different prohibited merchandise in your carry-on bag can deliver even steeper civil penalties of as much as $13,910.

The TSA commonly shares a few of its strangest and most harmful seizures on social media. Latest discoveries embrace brass knuckles in Ithaca, a meat cleaver in Baltimore and military ordnance in Rochester.