Have to take off my shoes?
We see 2 million shoes a day, so it is easy to tell when they have been tampered with to artfully conceal something. Here is an example from Florida where $40,000 was stuffed into the sole of an athletic shoe.
TSA Week at a Glance (May 5 - May 11, 2008)
- 8 passengers were arrested due to suspicious behavior or fraudulent travel documents
- 20 firearms found at checkpoints
- 6 artfully concealed prohibited items found at checkpoints
- 20 incidents that involved a checkpoint closure, terminal evacuation or sterile area breach
- 8 disruptive passengers on flights
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House Chairman Visits the World's Busiest Airport
Tours security operations and meets officers.Learn More »
In The News
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- Parents fly away, forgetting toddler at airport
(NationalPost.com)
