The man was surprised to try to pass from the living turn through the safety of the airport on the front of his pants
A man from Pennsylvania trying to go through the security of the airport was discovered that he hid a living turtle in his pants while trying to sneak him on the plane, the authorities said.
The incident took place last Friday at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey when a man from Pennsylvania was crossing a body scan in the security zone when an alarm was triggered “in the human’s area of human groin”, according to a statement from the Security Administration Transportation on Tuesday.
“A TSA officer administered a reduction in the human body area where the alarm was launched and, in doing so, determined that there was something hidden in the human’s area,” said TSA officials concerning the incident. “When asked if there was something hidden in his pants, the man, a resident of East Stroudsburg, in Pennsylvania, reached the front of his pants and released a living turtle which was wrapped in a small blue towel.”
The turtle was estimated at around five inches in length and identified as a red word cursor turtle – one of the most popular breeding breeds for pets in the United States – by humans once it has been captured by airport safety.
Turtle who was hidden in traveler’s pants at Newark Liberty International Airport on March 7.
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“Portence police interviewed the man, took possession of the turtle and said that she would contact the US Fish and Wildlife Service and local animal control officials,” said the ASD.
The anonymous man missed his flight and was escorted outside the police check.
Thomas Carter, Federal Director of TSA Security for New Jersey, said it was the first time that he saw someone trying to pass a living animal on the front on their pants while they were trying to go through security.
“I congratulate our officer who directed the Pat-Down in a very professional manner in order to resolve the alarm,” said Carter. “We have seen travelers trying to hide knives and other weapons on their person, in their place and in their luggage, but I believe that it is the first time that we have encountered someone who hid a living animal on the front of his pants. The best we can say, the turtle was not injured by man’s actions.”
