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TSA reveals its wildest confiscations of 2024

In case you need a reminder, weapons, drugs and live animals are prohibited on commercial flights.
Snakes discovered at a TSA checkpoint at Miami International Airport.
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The Transportation Security Administration just dropped its list of "best catches" — or most interesting confiscations — of 2024.

Most included unique ways people tried to sneak weapons and drugs onto airplanes last year.

Here's the list of notable paraphernalia:

  • Marijuana hidden inside a peanut butter jar found at Asheville Regional Airport
  • A knife shoved inside a person's shoe they were wearing at Williamsburg International Airport
  • Gun parts were found stuffed in a red combat boot and stored in a Marvel Avengers Lego set in a carry-on bag at Newark Liberty International Airport
  • A knife found inside a laptop at Seattle Tacoma International Airport
  • A vape pen inside a toothpaste tube at Chicago Midway International Airport
  • A gun wrapped in tinfoil inside a teapot with shot glasses at Portland International Airport
  • Meth was found hidden inside someone's crutches at Portsmouth International Airport in New Hampshire
  • Two live snakes were found hidden in someone's pants at Miami International Airport
  • A replica of a walkie-talkie improvised explosive device (IED) was discovered in the passenger's carry-on bag at El Paso International Airport
  • Gun was found in the seat pocket of a stroller at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston

In case you need a reminder, weapons, drugs and live animals are prohibited on commercial flights.