- [Voiceover] These days dealing with airport security
is just a fact of life, but what you probably didn't know
is that every day thousands of people
try to slip contraband past airport checkpoints.
Over the years, airport security has found some
pretty crazy things hidden deep inside
people's luggage bags.
For this video, we put together a list
of the 10 craziest things found by airport security.
Number 10, venomous snakes.
In 2012, the TSA reported that their agents
operating the checkpoint in Newark airport
discovered a container of dead venomous snakes
in a traveler's bag.
While the TSA did not disclose why exactly
this air traveler tried to bring the corpses
of venomous snakes onto a plane,
they did release the following statement:
Number nine, 18 severed heads.
In 2013, 18 severed human heads were found
by airport security in Chicago
O'Hare International Airport.
It was later revealed that the 18 heads in question
were medical specimens that were due
for examination in the United States.
The trouble with airport security began only because
the shipment came with absolutely no paperwork.
So as a result, an unsuspecting TSA officer discovered
over a dozen severed human heads in an ordinary box.
Number eight, a cannonball.
After a diver found an old cannonball
from a ship that sank in the late 1700s,
he probably thought his vacation was a very successful one.
Unfortunately, after that same diver attempted
to bring the cannonball he had found onto his flight home,
he quickly caused an incident.
Airport security quickly detected the old projectile
in his luggage, which triggered an evacuation.
After it was found, the cannonball
was still explosively viable.
The whole ordeal saw a bomb squad called in
to safely dispose of the cannonball,
and three flights were delayed,
affecting nearly 300 passengers in the process.
The TSA later released the following statement:
"Cannonballs are created to damage and destroy things,"
but I doubt its creators had any clue that
it would destroy people's schedules 100s of years later.
Number seven, 51 tropical fish.
In 2005, airport security in Australia stopped a woman
who was wearing some very strange clothing.
After conducting a physical pat-down,
they discovered 51 exotic tropical fish
hidden in a specially designed apron under her skirt.
Officials commented that during the search,
the customs officers became suspicious
after hearing flipping noises coming
from the vicinity of her waist.
An examination revealed 15 plastic water-filled bags
holding fish allegedly concealed inside of the apron.
Unfortunately for the would-be fish smuggler,
the punishment for smuggling protected wildlife species
includes a fine of over $83,000
and a prison sentence of up to 10 years.
Number six, a lipstick stun gun.
A 350,000 volt stun gun that was clearly designed
to look like a lipstick case was once found
in a passenger's carry-on bag
at Burlington Vermont International Airport.
After the discovery of this deceptively small stun gun,
passengers had to be delayed until the TSA
had thoroughly examined it.
Number five, a chainsaw.
After a passenger had tried to walk through airport security
with a fully operational chainsaw shoved into his luggage,
he was immediately detained by airport security.
Painfully though, the passenger had dumped
the chainsaw's gasoline supply, and he was allowed
to proceed to his flight after his brief detainment.
Number four, a tiger cub.
In August of 2010, airport security in
Bangkok International Airport noticed
a suspiciously oversized suitcase.
After conducting x-ray scans,
they found a sedated two-month old hidden tiger
along with stuffed animals in a traveler's suitcase.
Apparently, a Thai woman had tranquilized the tiger
and attempted to travel to Iran to sell the tiger.
The tiger cub was later freed and was placed
under the protection of Thailand's Department of Wildlife.
Number three, a 60 millimeter mortar shell.
An inert mortar round was once discovered in a bag
a passenger had checked in while attempting
to leave El Paso International Airport.
At the time, airport security didn't know
if the mortar round was harmless,
and the discovery caused a lockdown.
It turns out the passenger had purchased the rounds
as a souvenir and thought nothing of packing
this deactivated mortar shell into his luggage.
Number two, a leg cast made of cocaine.
This bizarre smuggling gimmick was discovered
by Spanish airport security after they detained
a passenger traveling from Chile to Barcelona.
It turns out the man actually did fracture his leg
and legitimately needed the cast
he wore through airport security.
However, it's not known if the man
intentionally fractured his leg so a leg cast
made of cocaine could be applied to his leg.
The trouble for him started when he got in over his head
and attempted to smuggle even more cocaine
in his normal luggage.
Police promptly arrested the man and confiscated
both his cocaine stash and his leg cast.
Number one, two monkeys hidden in a man's underwear.
This crazy package was discovered after three smugglers
trying to get to Dubai were detained
by custom authorities in India.
Security personnel then found a monkey that belonged
to a endangered species stuffed in the man's underwear.
The passenger later admitted to throwing the other monkey
into a dust bin because he realized he couldn't fit
both monkeys into his underpants.
Both monkeys were released without any problems.
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