Strangest items seized by US airport security

(C) Provided by Metro TSA agents discovered a handgun stuffed inside a raw whole chicken at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida (Picture: TSA/SWNS)

A gun inside a whole raw chicken and fentanyl inside a packet of skittles have made the top 10 list of unusual items found by US airport security.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at checkpoints across the country have compiled a list of the strangest items they have found.

Many of their findings have been lethal weapons, with passengers attempting to smuggle guns inside a raw chicken, peanut butter and even a medical sling.

Security even found a hand grenade inside a carry-on bag at Milwaukee Mitchell Airport, prompting a bomb squad to be called to the scene.

Thankfully, it turned out it was simply a replica.

Teacher ‘deliberately’ shot in classroom by boy, 6, screamed at her students to run away

A first-grade teacher who police say was deliberately shot in the chest by a six-year-old boy is showing signs of improvement as she recovers. Detectives believe the child got into an ‘altercation’ with Abby Zwerner before shooting her at Richneck Elemtary School in the city of Newport News, Virginia (Picture: Facebook/Abby Zwerner)Read more: Man murdered his five children, mother-in-law and wife after she filed for divorce

Teacher ‘deliberately’ shot in classroom by boy, 6, screamed at her students to run away

She is said to have ‘screamed at her kids to run away’ after the pupil fired a single bullet, according to parent Sebastian Gonzalez-Hernandez, whose son was in the classroom. ‘Even after she’d been shot she was thinking about the safety of her children,’ he told the Mail (Picture: Facebook/Abby Zwerner)

Teacher ‘deliberately’ shot in classroom by boy, 6, screamed at her students to run away

He added: ‘She is an amazing teacher, so dedicated. My son absolutely loves her, and we’re devastated about what’s happened.

We are all thinking of her and hoping that she gets better soon.’ Ms Zwerner, who is believed to be in her 30s, was rushed to hospital for surgery in a critical condition at around 2pm on Friday (Picture: Facebook/Abby Zwerner)

Teacher ‘deliberately’ shot in classroom by boy, 6, screamed at her students to run away

‘This was not an accidental shooting,’ Newport News Chief Steve Drew told a press conference on Friday. ‘It was in a classroom, an altercation took place there. We did not have a situation where someone was going around the school shooting. We had a situation in one particular location where a gunshot was fired.’ He later refused to comment on how the boy got access to the gun or who owns the weapon. ‘This is a red flag for the country,’ Mr Jones said (Picture: Reuters)Read the full story here

Teacher ‘deliberately’ shot in classroom by boy, 6, screamed at her students to run away

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Drugs have also been found inside strange objects, including inside hair scrunchies and a skittles sweet packet.

Elsewhere another stuffed ‘soiled money’ into a pair of crutches.

TSA said: ‘Shout out to our TSA officers nationwide for protecting the travelling public.’

(C) Provided by Metro The drug fentanyl was found in a packet of Skittles candy at Los Angeles Airport (Picture: TSA/SWNS)

TSA’s top 10 list of most unusual finds

1. Fentanyl inside a Skittles candy packet at Los Angeles International Airport, California
2. Gun inside of raw chicken at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Florida
3. Handgun in a jar of peanut butter at John F Kennedy Airport, new York
4. Gun in a sling at Greater Rochester International Airport, New York
5. Knife inside of a laptop at Richmond International Airport, Virginia
6. Drugs in hair scrunchies at Boise Airport, Idaho
7. Gun in a PlayStation at Atlanta Airport, Georgia
8. Cattle prod in a guitar case at Dulles International Airport, Washington D.C.
9. Inert grenade at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, Wisconsin
10. Money inside crutches at El Paso International Airport, Texas

(C) Provided by Metro At John F. Kennedy International Airport a TSA officer removed two jars of peanut butter, each containing parts of a disassembled semi-automatic handgun (Picture: TSA/SWNS)

A New York man has been accused of trying to smuggle three snakes over a border crossing – by concealing them in his trousers.

Calvin Bautista, 36, had travelled on a bus over from Canada through to America on July 15, 2018.

Bautista’s excitement at an alleged smuggling success soon faded however.

(C) Provided by Metro Two electric cattle prods were found packed in with a guitar in a carry-on case at Dulles Airport (Picture: TSA/SWNS)

He has since been charged with smuggling three Burmese pythons in his trousers at a US-Canadian border crossing.

In 2020, Italian police seized a package containing hundreds of coffee beans with cocaine inside.

Around 500 beans had been cut open, stuffed with the white powder, and carefully taped closed again with tape.

(C) Provided by Metro A knife was found hidden inside a laptop at Richmond International Airport security in Virginia (Picture: TSA/SWNS) (C) Provided by Metro A TSA officer identified an image on the X-Ray of an item that appeared to be a grenade (Picture: TSA/SWNS)

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