TSA Craziest Finds in 2022...Guns inside Raw Chicken in FLL

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) just released a video revealing its “top 10” list of the strangest stuff the agency's officers found while screening airline passengers’ carry-on bags over the course of the past year.


Most of the incidents involve the usual—people attempting to sneak drugs, guns, explosives and other weapons onboard—but 2022 definitely saw some truly bizarre attempts to get illegal items (a cattle prod?!) and methods of concealment past airport security checkpoints

As a prime example, in December, a passenger was arrested at New York’s JFK International Airport after TSA officers discovered disassembled parts of a .22 caliber handgun inside what appeared to be two jars of peanut butter in a carry-on bag. The firearm pieces had been carefully wrapped in plastic and stuffed into the jars, including a magazine loaded with bullets.


Another incident that enjoyed a good deal of press coverage occurred at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport in November, with a traveler trying to make it through airport security with a gun hidden inside a whole raw chicken that was stuffed into his bag.

Another mention must also go to the guy who tried to clear a TSA checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport with a revolver hidden inside his PlayStation gaming console.



Here’s how the TSA ranked last year’s most fascinating confiscations from passengers’ carry-on baggage, accompanied by some punny phrases (who comes up with these?!) featured in the agency’s countdown video.