‘Artfully concealed’ bullets trigger alarm at New Jersey airport, feds say. See them
Federal officers found 16 bullets in a carry-on bag at a New Jersey airport, officials said.
The bullets “were artfully concealed inside an aluminum foil box” within the bag, the Transportation Security Administration said in a March 19 news release.
The bag set off an alarm March 18 as it passed through an X-ray unit at Newark Liberty International Airport, officials said.
A TSA officer took the foil box out of the bag, and the bullets were found in the cardboard tube inside, each wrapped individually in aluminum, officials said.
“Port Authority Police were notified and questioned the traveler along with their traveling companion,” according to the release. “The pair were ticketed to fly to the Dominican Republic, but they missed their flight and were permitted to leave the airport — minus the ammunition, which was confiscated by the police.”
This story was originally published March 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM with the headline "‘Artfully concealed’ bullets trigger alarm at New Jersey airport, feds say. See them."
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