Originally Posted by
goalie
- Firearms: 30: 29 loaded; 1 unloaded
- 1 artfully concealed prohibited item found at checkpoints
This week's blog
spin post is
here but it looks like
someone missed
this on a flight leaving the U.S. and even tho it appears that the weapons were in checked luggage, you would think that someone would have noticed it as it was screened
Not sure if it was really missed (but, it wouldn't surprise me if it had been) as the "haul" was a number of bladed weapons. All of which is perfectly fine to clear security in checked baggage in the US. It just so happens that they are illegal to be imported into Northern Ireland where they were (rightfully) discovered - presuming that was the final desination.
On the other hand, to show my cynacism, I'm surprised the weapons completed their trip and weren't "voluntarily surrendered" to a TSA employee unknowningly by the passenger at the airport of origin in the US.
[The two pellet guns were on a separate flight - with no mention of flight origination.]