The TSA said on Thursday that a woman from Florida was caught hiding two turtles in her bra while passing through a transport safety administration post at Miami International Airport, TSA said on Thursday.
According to the photo, the woman who was not identified was wrapped in the turtles seen in haze and plastic wrapping. Posted on social media By the agency. TSA did not identify the breed of turtles. A turtle died, the agency said. The living reptiles were converted into Florida Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The TSA said on social media, “Friends, please – and we cannot insist – stop hiding animals in strange places on your body and then try to secret them through the security of the airport.”
Transportation Security Administration
TSA allows passengers to bring pets including turtles through security posts. Animals should be removed from any carrier and carried through the checkpoint, agency Say on your websiteThe case of carrying should be as well as X-rays. Airlines may have their own pet policies.
TSA remarked, “Note that we ‘lasted’ and ‘not hidden under your clothes’ TSA commented.
Another passenger attempted to smuggle an aggressive turtle through TSA security at Newark Liberty International Airport in March, CBS News told firstThe man hid reptile in front of his pants. Officials said the reptiles were not damaged.
In 2024, agency Stop a man From bringing a bag of snakes aboard an aircraft, and in 2023, Miami Airport officials seized a bag Amazon parrot smuggling And living birds after the chirping coming from a duffle bag. The person carrying the bag had just come from Nicaragua and had a lowover in Miami before traveling to Taiwan. He convicted the allegations of trafficking of birds.