DIAPER FIND: These seventeen bullets were found in a baby diaper at the security checkpoint at Laguardia Airport in New York. Photo: AP
The term “lead-heavy diaper” took on new meaning at an airport in New York recently.
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Security guards at LaGuardia Airport in New York found seventeen bullets hidden in a baby diaper, AP writes.
The find was uncovered when the metal detector in the security check. Shortly afterwards, security guards found the lead-filled nappy in the hand luggage of a male passenger.
The passenger is said to have claimed that he had no idea how the bullets ended up in the nappy, according to TSATSATransportation Security Administration, the US authority responsible for aviation security. to CNN.
Later, the man blamed his girlfriend for the illegal cargo.
The arrested passenger came from the state of Arkansas and had a ticket to Chicago. The police have now charged him with illegal storage of 9 millimeter ammunition.
KNOWN PROBLEM: LaGuardia Airport in New York is among the many airports in the USA that experience passengers transporting weapons and ammunition illegally in hand luggage. Photo: Bebeto Matthews/AP
Ammunition in luggage is a problem at airports across the United States, according to the AP news agency.
In November, TAS officers at Laguardia found a .45 caliber pistol and a magazine loaded with six bullets hidden in a pair of Nike sneakers.
In January 2021, thirteen bullets were found in a chewing gum box, also at that time in hand luggage. The bullets were mixed with the chewing gum, according to the TSA.
The passenger who was charged with this matter claimed that the luggage belonged to his son.
In April this year, a 22-caliber pistol and over a hundred bullets were found – including those in hand luggage. Here the passenger’s explanation was that he had been to a shooting range and had forgotten to remove the bullets and the gun before going to the airport.
The man was nevertheless arrested.
Photo: Robert F. Bukaty / AP
Deaths from gunshot wounds are now the most common cause of death among children in the United States. Earlier in December, VG’s correspondent reported on America’s nightmare.
Over 1,300 children had died in the first half of 2023 as a result of gunshot wounds in the USA, according to CNN.
The figures in recent years have been the highest ever. After record sales during the corona pandemic, today is about 466 million firearms in the US.
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Published: 26.12.23 at 00:39
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