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Top 5 Weirdest Items Confiscated by the TSA
TSA Watch ^ | 04/5/2013 | TSA Watch

Posted on 04/05/2013 10:54:02 AM PDT by TSA-Watch

We all know what jackbooted thugs TSA agents can be. Between the gropings and stopping the insidious smuggling of toothpaste, peanut butter and more than 3 oz. of just about any liquid, it’s a wonder that they have time for anything else.

Every year, the TSA confiscates hundreds of thousands of items. Last year alone, over 880,000 items were confiscated or recovered after being left behind. Some of these items are dangerous, some are illegal, and some are just plain weird.confiscated by the TSA.

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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: airport; confiscate; security; tsa
Wow...a chastity belt? Really? I can see why she didn't want to go through the full body scanner.
1 posted on 04/05/2013 10:54:02 AM PDT by TSA-Watch
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To: TSA-Watch

Suitcases filled with water (and fish)? Double-hernia, coming up! That could take out half the baggage handling staff.


2 posted on 04/05/2013 10:57:23 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, you've likely misread the situation.)
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To: TSA-Watch

So the guy with the legal (and cool looking watch) was arrested anyway. I’d like to find out how much he won with his lawsuit.


3 posted on 04/05/2013 10:59:24 AM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: TSA-Watch

Chastity Belt is a little strange. It said she was denied entry into the US. Where was she coming from?


4 posted on 04/05/2013 11:06:13 AM PDT by Marko413
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To: NonValueAdded

Remember those shoes with fish in them?


5 posted on 04/05/2013 11:09:17 AM PDT by bgill
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To: TSA-Watch

I picked up a Kershaw Leek once at a local show for $25. It’s about $50+ retail. It had been confiscated by the TSA supposedly.


6 posted on 04/05/2013 11:18:12 AM PDT by MachIV
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1. TSA agents at Miami International Airport found 7 baby snakes and 3 turtles stashed inside a male passenger’s pants.

2. An unloaded “pen pistol” in the carry-on bag of a passenger.

3. A vaguely Steampunk looking wrist watch was discovered in a passenger’s carry-on and confiscated by TSA agents at Oakland International Airport (OAK).

TSA’s explosive detection team was called in and the watch was examined and eventually cleared, but law enforcement decided to go ahead and arrest the passenger anyway.

4. Airport got quite a surprise when a woman, after refusing a full-body scan, was subject to a pat-down. During the pat-down, the woman was found to be wearing a Victorian-era metal chastity belt.

5. A passenger trying to smuggle live fish in his luggage.


7 posted on 04/05/2013 11:46:22 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: TSA-Watch; Lazamataz; TigersEye

Wow...a chastity belt? Really? I can see why she didn’t want to go through the full body scanner.>>>>>>>>>>>

After she creatively got rid of that chastity belt, Laz was there to take her out to dinner.


8 posted on 04/05/2013 12:20:34 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: SandRat

#4 They’re called anti-rape belts now.


9 posted on 04/05/2013 12:22:34 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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10 posted on 04/05/2013 12:46:45 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (My faith and politics cannot be separated)
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Where do you get a cool pen-gun like that?


11 posted on 04/05/2013 1:44:47 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (Got a letter from Gov. Palin in reply to my Dad sending her my picture from a TEA party rally.)
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To: TSA-Watch

You need one of those to protect yourself from the TSA.

I was tempted to wear a cup the last time we flew.


12 posted on 04/05/2013 2:30:16 PM PDT by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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13 posted on 04/05/2013 2:46:58 PM PDT by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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To: Marko413

That I don’t know. I couldn’t find that information.


14 posted on 04/05/2013 4:02:44 PM PDT by TSA-Watch
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To: TSA-Watch

I had a sealed jar of orange marmalade taken from me at the Las Vegas airport.


15 posted on 04/05/2013 4:02:44 PM PDT by Axelsrd
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To: rottndog

“My bitch better have my money...”


16 posted on 04/05/2013 4:07:47 PM PDT by dfwgator
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