Originally Posted by SgtScott31

Why would a TSA screener question anyone about prescription medication in a pill bottle? I have been called to the checkpoint about pills in a plastic baggie and I have made arrests for people carrying pills that did not belong to them. It is illegal in most states for prescription drugs to be in anything but a pill bottle. Obviously there may be some exceptions (i.e. older folks that have multiple prescriptions and keep them in a divider by day). I would say that the only way an officer is going to arrest someone for possessing a syringe is if it was accompanied by heroin or another drug that is administered subcutaenously or intravenously.

Even if tea is wrapped in a similar way than marijuana, tea has a strong and distinctive odor, hence the reason why no TSA has asked you about it. Citizen's arrest for filing a false report? Let me know how that works out for you. A TSA screener who simply asks for LEO assistance because of a suspicion of something illegal is no where near the standard to meet a charge of filing a false report. The TSA screener would have to know that it was a legal substance, and blatantly get law enforcement involvement and claim otherwise. False imprisonment? You are not under arrest. You are not free to leave because you are still in the screening process. Based on your scenario, your claim of false imprisonment would never fly at my airport. I certainly would not arrest the screener, and I highly doubt a judge/commissioner would issue a warrant for it.