Posted on 12/24/2022 8:42:32 AM PST by DFG
Jars of peanut butter stashed in a traveler’s checked luggage at a New York City airport triggered an alarm which resulted in his arrest.
On Thursday, Dec. 22 , TSA officers at John F. Kennedy International Airport opened the checked bag after it set off an alarm when passing through an X-ray, according to a statement from the agency.
They removed two jars of JIF creamy peanut butter from the luggage, each of which contained pieces of a dismantled semi-automatic handgun “artfully concealed inside,” the agency stated.
The parts, including a magazine loaded with .22 caliber bullets, were encased in plastic and shoved into the peanut butter, according to the agency.
When they found the weapon, officials contacted police who confiscated the gun parts and tracked down the man who owned the luggage in an airport terminal, the agency stated. The man, a resident of Rhode Island, was arrested.
“Our officers are good at their jobs and are focused on their mission—especially during the busy holiday travel period,” John Essig, the TSA’s federal security director for JFK Airport, stated.
The man, whose name has not been released, could be slapped with a civil penalty of up to $15,000, according to the TSA.
In order for firearms to be legally transported on a plane, they need to be placed in checked baggage, properly packed and unloaded, and declared at the check-in counter, the agency stated. The person checking the weapon must also have a proper permit.
Earlier this year, officials at an airport in Pennsylvania discovered vape canisters and plastic-wrapped marijuana concealed in a jar of peanut butter after an alarm was triggered, according to previous reporting from McClatchy News.
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A true holiday treat!
Choosy Mothers choose JIF!
I do like white Stilton. I’ll have to try the L Poacher next trip if I can find it.
Dummy just now learning about metal detectors? What a weirdo.
His big mistake was using Jif instead of Skippy.
Marko
My two least favorites peanut butter and chocolate. Peanut butter gives me GERD and chocolate burns my throat going down.
And the Fromunda!
“You got peanut butter in my chocolate” was the beginning of Reeces Peanut Butter cups. One of my top 3 faves!
A whole new meaning to chunky!
😃
He was arrest led in a Jiffy.
He was arrested in a Jiffy.
Must have the proper permit?
Do I just attach a copy of the second amendment?
Given New York’s lax bail laws, I’m sure he will be out of jail in a jif.
Idiotic headline. The peanut butter jars didn’t set anything off. The concealed contents did.
Add a little bacon grease and you can have a PB&B.
What many people don't realize is that every single thing in their bag is observable, even a matchbook. So there is no way in hell you're going to get away with smuggling something in your carry-on baggage......
This. It was the gun parts, not the peanut butter. It used to be teaching degrees were the easiest degree to obtain, but I’m guessing it’s “Journalism.”
Son’s best friend was a Secret Service agent and carries wherever he goes. He checked in at Omaha for a direct flight to DC only to have a stewardess to ask him if he was the armed SS on the flight. He said he was planning on taking a nap but since she said so other passengers could hear, he didn’t feel he could safely sleep.
Years ago, I put fudge made and sold by Mount Angel Abbey, Oregon, in my carry-on luggage. It was seen in the x-ray machine as an impervious object, looking metallic. Once the TSA officer figured out what was he was seeing on x-ray, he looked puzzled and asked me where I got it.
When I said that I had just bought it in the airport gift shop, right beside the security station, he just replaced the fudge in my bag and waved me through.
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