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TSA officers at John F. Kennedy International Airport got a surprise when they found parts of a handgun inside jars of peanut butter just before the Christmas holiday.
Officers stopped a passenger traveling with the creamy condiment after the checked bag containing the food andhidden gun parts triggered an alarm, according to a statement from TSA.
After pulling the bag and doing a closer inspection, the TSA removed part of a disassembled .22 caliber handgun that had been “artfully concealed in what was packaged to look like two unopened jars of peanut butter,” the TSA statement continued.
The parts had been wrapped in plastic and put into the center of the jars. The statement revealed that the gun’s magazine was loaded with bullets.
“The gun parts wereartfully concealedin two smooth creamy jars of peanut butter, but there was certainly nothing smooth about the way the man went about trying to smuggle his gun,” said John Essig, TSA’s Federal Security Director for JFK Airport, in a statement. “Our officers are good at their jobs and are focused on their mission — especially during the busy holiday travel period.”
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The TSA also posted about the incident on their Instagram account, includingplenty of punsalong the way.
The caption continued: “You know we’d never skippy past sharing the rules. We’ve spread them on thick through the link in our bio.”
“They’ll help keep you out of a jam the next time you travel,” the TSA added.
In November, the TSA found a gun hidden inside a raw chicken packed in a traveler’s luggage in Florida.
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TSA announced on itsInstagram pagethat TSA employees found thegun inside the raw birdat the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
The caption — which is full of chicken puns — reads:
“The plot chickens as we barrel our way closer to Thanksgiving. For us, it’s a time to be thankful that our officers are always working around the cluck to keep you safe. Take for instance this ‘hen you believe it?’ find at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. We hate to beak it to you here, but stuffing a firearm in your holiday bird for travel is just a baste of time. This idea wasn’t even half-baked; it was raw, greasy, and obviously unsupervised. The only roast happening here is this poor packing choice!”
source: people.com
