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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Dec 15 2017- Transportation Security Administration officers have had a busy year stopping passengers from carrying guns on planes in Florida.
Across the state, they’ve found 479 this year, compared 411 last year. At Palm Beach International Airport, they’ve doubled the amount from last year, totaling 28.
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But that’s not all.
They’ve found all sorts of threatening, prohibited items going through security and TSA gave us a rare, exclusive look at some of the items abandoned at PBIA this year.
They set up a table with many of those items in front of checkpoint C at PBIA Wednesday afternoon for us to see.
“Brass knuckles, that (mace) gun, and that hatchet. They’re carrying that and those shoes. I’d say that’s a red flag,” Paul Cannavle, who lives part time in Delray Beach, said.
Those shoes were zebra colored heels with a fish habitat inside.
“This is all the stuff you’re not supposed to bring on a plane,” Ari Malul said, talking to his 2.5 year old son Adam. They’re in town visiting Ari’s father.
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The table drew a crowd.
“That’s incredible. I would never think of most of this stuff,” said Paul Croatti, who’s visiting from Maine.
A TSA spokesperson said the most common excuse for these items is people just simply didn’t know.
“The education part is what’s really sticking out here, everybody coming by here seeing this stuff,” Croatti said.
