NY Man concealed gun in DVD player at JFK Airport

[alpacaheat]

https://www.tsa.gov/news/releases/20...ide-dvd-player

New York man arrested after TSA detects gun concealed inside DVD player at John F. Kennedy International Airport
Thursday, April 18, 2019

NEW YORK – A man from Queens, New York, was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport Saturday, April 13, after Transportation Security Administration officers detected a handgun artfully concealed inside a DVD player.

The man’s checked bag triggered an alarm in the security scanning equipment and the bag was pulled aside and opened to resolve the alarm. TSA officers spotted a DVD player inside the checked bag. Upon further inspection, TSA officers detected a 9 mm handgun wrapped in aluminum foil that was artfully concealed inside the DVD player. The gun was not loaded.

TSA officials notified Port Authority Police of the discovery of the concealed weapon. Police tracked down the man, a resident of Elmhurst, New York, who was at the gate waiting for his flight to Mexico. Instead of catching his flight, the man was arrested and charged with weapons violations.

[alpacaheat]

Flying to Mexico.


Bigger picture:

[HKusp 45]

https://www.tsa.gov/news/releases/20...ide-dvd-player

New York man arrested after TSA detects gun concealed inside DVD player at John F. Kennedy International Airport
Thursday, April 18, 2019

NEW YORK – A man from Queens, New York, was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport Saturday, April 13, after Transportation Security Administration officers detected a handgun artfully concealed inside a DVD player.

The man’s checked bag triggered an alarm in the security scanning equipment and the bag was pulled aside and opened to resolve the alarm. TSA officers spotted a DVD player inside the checked bag. Upon further inspection, TSA officers detected a 9 mm handgun wrapped in aluminum foil that was artfully concealed inside the DVD player. The gun was not loaded.

TSA officials notified Port Authority Police of the discovery of the concealed weapon. Police tracked down the man, a resident of Elmhurst, New York, who was at the gate waiting for his flight to Mexico. Instead of catching his flight, the man was arrested and charged with weapons violations.

sure why check it ? wonder how much more to this story there is?

[Rosco the Iroc]

Meh he forgot it was in there.

[HKusp 45]

Meh he forgot it was in there.

he bought the dvd player from goodwill the day before ..... thats what happened.

[Statkowski]

Should have let him continue on and notify the Mexican authorities. Then it would be their headache, not ours.

[MARINE DIVISION TWO]

If it was a Glock would it have been noticed ?

[Berncly]

If it was a Glock would it have been noticed ?

Yes, I think so.
I wonder who convinced this guy that the old tinfoil in the DVD trick would work...

[alpacaheat]

If he had placed it in an iPad box, I bet he would have made it through. The DVD player made the authorities suspicious. This may have even worked 10 years ago, but who travels with a DVD player?

[streaker69]

If it was a Glock would it have been noticed ?

Only if it was a Glock 7, but they cost more than you make in a year.