Federal officials say they’ve found a missile launcher in a man’s luggage at the airport in Baltimore.
The Transportation Security Administration said in a statement that the military grade weapon was located in the man’s checked luggage at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
TSA officers called airport police who found the man and detained him for questioning. The unidentified traveler said he was in the military and coming home from Kuwait. He said he wanted to keep the weapon as a souvenir.
The TSA said the missile launcher was “not a live device.” But it was handed over to the state fire marshal for disposal.
The man lives in Jacksonville, Texas, which is about 115 miles (185 kilometers) east of Dallas. He was ultimately allowed to catch his flight home.
(AP)
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Big deal. A soldier coming home with some souvenirs. I know its a quiet news day.. but chill
Total clickbait headline
It’s not a launcher. It’s a harmless piece of plastic. You can mail them if you want
But taking one on a plane, while dumb, is not illegal or dangerous.
Oh please. It’s a metal tube that once upon a time held a missile. Stupidity.
More productive usage of their time would be getting to the bottom of where are these 33,000 missing emails?
BREAKING NEWS: you know what else happened today… a car drove down the street.