TSA at Logan confiscates ‘smoking gun’ — a gun-shaped hookah pipe

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A TSA New England spokesperson known as the incident a “journey fail” and stated the machine by no means made it onto the plane.

Safety officers at Boston Logan Worldwide Airport just lately found a “smoking gun” in a passenger’s belongings throughout a pre-flight screening.

Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) brokers confiscated what turned out to be a smoking pipe formed like a duplicate handgun Thursday because the airport equipped for a busy journey weekend. 

“Yesterday @TSA officers @BostonLogan detected this reproduction pistol hookah throughout safety screening. This smoking gun by no means made it onto the plane! #travelfail,” TSA Spokesperson Dan Velez tweeted Friday morning.

Velez shared a photograph of the pipe, which was positioned subsequent to a plastic spray bottle for scale. 

The teal-blue equipment resembles a firearm with a steel mouthpiece attachment, presumably meant for smoking. 

On Thursday, Velez shared one other picture of some questionable paraphernalia seized by TSA brokers. Amongst them have been a number of knives, a handgun, and brass knuckles. 

“People strolling by our desk @BostonLogan are fairly intrigued by what some passengers have of their carry-on luggage,” Velez tweeted, including the hashtag #travelfail.

AAA tasks this weekend would be the third busiest Memorial Day journey weekend since 2000. Greater than 42 million Individuals are anticipated to journey greater than 50 miles from dwelling — about 2.7 million extra vacationers than final 12 months. 

Originally posted 2023-05-27 12:11:13.