Airport security bust woman attempting to smuggle knives through X-ray machine

A woman who used her child in an attempt to smuggle two potential weapons through the airport was quickly busted by security.

Darth Vader doesn’t use knives.

Workers at the Philadelphia International Airport in the US state of Pennsylvania discovered a woman seemingly attempting to sneak two knives through airport security, Fox News reported.

Apparently, the woman had chosen a truly unique hiding spot.

Transport Security Administration (TSA) spokesperson Lisa Farbstein confirmed on Twitter that a woman travelling through the airport was caught with two knives hidden inside a Darth Vader teddy bear.

TSA officers said the back of the stuffed animal appeared to have been resewn shut.

The doll belonged to the woman’s nine-year-old son.

TSA officers detected the two knives when the bear was put through an X-ray machine.

“Lions and tigers and bears – oh my,” Mr Farbstein wrote.

“Oh no, no, no! TSA officers at Philadelphia International Airport detected two knives concealed inside a child’s stuffed animal yesterday. TSA officers noticed the back of the bear appeared to have been resewn. Toy belonged to a nine-year-old boy travelling with his mum.”

Lions and tigers and bears--oh my! Oh no, no, no! @TSA officers at @PHLAirport detected two knives concealed inside a child’s stuffed animal yesterday. TSA officers noticed the back of the bear appeared to have been resewn. Toy belonged to a 9-year-old boy traveling with his mom. pic.twitter.com/RaLfy7jaBQ

— Lisa Farbstein, TSA Spokesperson (@TSA_Northeast) December 28, 2021

This is just the latest story of TSA officers protecting travellers.

Fox News previously reported that a TSA officer at Newark Liberty International Airport in New York saved a baby from choking.

Cecilia Morales reportedly heard frantic calls for help from the family and jumped into action.

The two-month-old baby’s mother started calling for help when she picked the infant up from his car seat carrier and noticed that he had stopped breathing.

Ms Morales performed the Heimlich manoeuvre on the infant by placing him face down on her arm and patting his back.

EMTs eventually arrived on the scene and provided the infant with oxygen.

The TSA reported that the child is doing well.

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