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by Drublic on February 13th, 2007

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Have you ever had airport security confiscate anything from your bags?

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  • by thinkin on February 13th, 2007

    thinkin

    No but I was getting my son after spending christmass with his dad and his dad has put a bunch of cars in a tin box and put it in his bag and when they ran it through they could not tell what it was so they took the bag my son and me to a room and made me open it so they could see.
    My friend was putting her daughter on a plane so she could vist her dad and the daughter had brought some barbies and when it went through x-ray it looked like two very long pieces of metal and so they had to check that out to.

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  • by FLYxNIGHT on February 13th, 2007

    FLYxNIGHT

    Yes. Most recently, two bottles containing shampoo and conditioner. On the trip before that, a cheap pocket knife which wasn't worth mailing home.

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  • by Drublic on February 13th, 2007

    Drublic

    While going through security last night, the officer said they spotted something in my laptop/work bag and wanted to inspect it. They searched through my bag twice not finding anything and sent it through the x-ray again to double check. Again, they saw something that looked like a pocket knife. With another search, sure enough the found the knife. I had no idea that it was in my bag, but they didn't make a very big deal out of it. The worst thing is, I've been through security 10 other times in the past 2 months with this same bag and security didn't find it any of those times.

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  • by LeMeThink on February 13th, 2007

    LeMeThink

    Yes, bottle of water.

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  • by unknown on October 23rd, 2007

    unknown

    Yes, I had a very suspicious looking bottle of facial cleanser taken away. It was 4 oz instead of the allowed 2 oz. I was deflated to say the least. It was brand new! Oh well, the trip more than made up for my loss. I had an amazing time.

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  • by pudzey101 on July 23rd, 2007

    pudzey101

    Yes , In Dublin airport the security took my 100ML bottle of Jägermeister i bought in Portugal ! :(

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  • by Lippycow on July 23rd, 2007

    Lippycow

    Yes a dangerous pair of nail scissors,when i asked why they had taken them he said i could hi-jack the plane with them...idiots and they wanted £5.00 to post them to me told him to keep them.

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  • by suomynonA on July 23rd, 2007

    suomynonA

    Uh huh. A very dangerous creme brulee, at Manchester airport.

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  • by Gonzo on June 28th, 2007

    Gonzo

    No, but I remember one time which really scared me. I had a really bad cold one time and I flew from US to UK. In my luggage were some vitamin pills that had split and so my luggage was full of this white powder! So there I am at Heathrow with a bag full of this powder and the security guys opens it and he's lost in this cloud of vitamin powder! So, I spent the next half hour standing there sniffing between sentences due to my heavy cold trying to explain myself!
    Never very pretty.

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  • by singwell-is off researching a lot on February 18th, 2007

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    Yes! I stayed with my Indonesian friends and saw the wife using a battery-operated mosquito swatter. I thought it was a great idea and next time we were are the supermarket, I bought two, one for me and one for a friend. When I arrived back in sydney, security went beresque, telling me they were prohibited because they were like stun guns. I said I didn't know, and she screamed that I should have, that it was written in the prohibited items list. I asked (politely) where, as I had never seen it ( I travel annually!) and she then went even beresquer and told me it was in there and I should have known. She asked me where I bought them, and I said, in a shop. Then she started screaming that the shopkeeper should have advised me (how did they know where I lived. I speak fluent Indonesian. They probably thought I was an ex-pat). then I had to fill out all these forms that say if I ever bring them in again, I will be fined and/ or arrested....as if I would again....sheesh...they could have been civil. It's not as if I am Osama.

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  • by This Daley has a new bundle of joy on February 18th, 2007

    This Daley has a new bundle of joy

    Confiscate legally? No. Steal? Yes.

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  • by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on February 13th, 2007

    8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009

    Nope. Last time I flew, I made it on board with a folding knife in my back pocket; a 5-inch blade! Honestly forgot it was there until I was already on the plane and I felt it when I sat down.

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  • by Constel on February 13th, 2007

    Constel

    no, i never taken a plane, already been in an airport....

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  • by Brian I on July 23rd, 2007

    Brian I

    I thought I was going to. I'm a smoker (bad, I know) and where I live now I can buy 200 cigarettes for the price of about 50 in Britain. The first time I went from here to the UK I had 600 (only allowed 200) and I got stopped by HM Customs & Excise. He asked me what I had and I confessed, so he said, "Have you any gifts?" to which I replied, "No.". So he asked if any of the people I would be visiting smoked. When I told him they did he suggested that I would offer them one of my cigarettes and I said that I would. "That's OK, then" he said, "we'll put them down as gifts." and sent me on my way with my contraband intact. Perhaps the fact that, at the next desk, somebody was trying to smuggle in about 20,000 cigarettes had something to do with it.

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  • by DreAnna on July 23rd, 2007

    DreAnna

    No, each time I have had to get on a plane whomever was accompanying me on the flight goes through my bags to make sure we arent going to have any problems

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  • by Fly Forever on October 23rd, 2007

    Fly Forever

    Other than gallons and gallons worth of bottled water, I have never had anything serious taken from my bag.

    However, every so often something in my pilot case will make them nervous. Nothing irritates me more than standing there in full captains uniform with my crew badge, getting my flight manuals, logbook, and god knows what else thrown out of my case in front of everyone.

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  • by Anonymous on May 16th, 2008

    Anonymous

    No, but I have had bags checked about 3 or 4 times over the past 15 years. It is a pain in the neck and the idiots don't change their gloves when they go through your stuff. I have no problem if bags need to be checked randomly, etc, but can't the agents wear new gloves everytime they go through your personal stuff? What if they touched some old geezer's unwashed underwear and then they touch your stuff with the same dirtied gloves?? Gross and disgusting thought.

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  • by kuyakev on February 18th, 2007

    kuyakev

    No, I haven't been to the airport since last year.

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  • by MelindaWarren on October 23rd, 2007

    MelindaWarren

    Yes, I had nose hair clippers taken.

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