Amerikan Gestapo warns travelers against carry-on Christmas gifts!
LOS ANGELES, Kalifornia (PNN) - November 11, 2011 - Security screeners at Los Angeles International Airpot (LAX) will apparently have zero tolerance for holiday cheer this Christmas.
KNX 1070′s Bob Brill reports authorities on Friday are on the lookout for people who try to smuggle items disguised as holiday gifts onto airplanes.
Officials with the Transportation Security Administration issued the warning after a traveler was arrested this week after trying to smuggle marijuana in a wrapped gift.
There are other items that people feel they can carry on if it looks like a gift, but legally are banned from being brought onto a passenger aircraft.
If the circumstances are suspicious, the Amerikan Gestapo can and likely will open those gifts.
Certain sporting items such as bats, bows and arrows, and pool cues cannot be brought on board unless checked.
Pocket knives and other concealed weapons are also prohibited - regardless of whether they’re wrapped in a pretty red bow.