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Family buys souvenir grenade, puts in carryon luggage; security line shut down for 2 hours

Posted on 7/23/25 at 12:49 pm
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
32665 posts
Posted on 7/23/25 at 12:49 pm
It is amazing to me how fricking stupid some people are



Happened in Houston

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Authorities said that around 10 p.m., airport personnel spotted a "suspicious" item that resembled a grenade on the X-ray screen during a security screening, a TSA spokesperson said.

The item was found in a family's luggage, according to Houston police. The family had reportedly obtained the item as a souvenir.

The Houston Bomb Squad confiscated the item. There were no charges or arrests from the incident. Police said there were no injuries or evacuations due to the incident.

Security screening procedures were put on hold for about two hours while authorities investigated the incident. Checkpoint 40 was shut down temporarily "to ensure the safety of airport staff and personnel." The temporary closures were a precautionary measure, a spokesperson for TSA said.


This post was edited on 7/23/25 at 12:58 pm
Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
19297 posts
Posted on 7/23/25 at 12:50 pm to
That family sounds like an absolute blast
Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
86353 posts
Posted on 7/23/25 at 12:52 pm to
quote:

The family had reportedly obtained the item as a souvenir.


frick, this excuse didn't work for me last time.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
73150 posts
Posted on 7/23/25 at 12:53 pm to
TSA took out and made me throw away my coca cola Thermal detenators from Galaxy's Edge.



I get what it looks like. But if it's empty it should be fine. It wasn't.

I feel the same for a used pinapple grenade. I have a couple and they cut the bottom so they can't be filled and they remove the explosives and the trigger. Its really a paper weight at that point.
Posted by WM88
West Monroe
Member since Aug 2004
1961 posts
Posted on 7/23/25 at 12:53 pm to
My mother once ran a loaded 357 magnum through airport scanner in her purse.

That was 40+ years ago.

Today she'd be in prison for that.
Posted by jiffyjohnson
1226 miles from Death Valley
Member since Nov 2011
5728 posts
Posted on 7/23/25 at 1:04 pm to
i had a loaded mag for my 45 in a backpack i brought as a carry on. leftover from a random range day in an obscure pocket. they took all the ammo out and told me i could keep the mag if i could put it in my checked baggage but it woulda made me late for the flight so i told em to just toss it.

amazed they confiscated paper weights and a cocacola bottle but i guess the idea behind it is even if its not active you could still hold a plane hostage with it if they believed it was real?
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
32665 posts
Posted on 7/23/25 at 1:08 pm to
I used to wear spicebimb cologne for a long time, I bought one of these at the duty-free shop at the Calgary airport, and their equivalent of TSA tried to confiscate the thing and I had about a five minute argument with the agent that I literally bought the cologne 50 feet away in their duty-free shop

Posted by Lsuhoohoo
Member since Sep 2007
101904 posts
Posted on 7/23/25 at 1:24 pm to



It just seems best to avoid the high risk of a headache related to getting grenade like items through security checkpoint
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
138058 posts
Posted on 7/23/25 at 1:42 pm to
Hopefully they don’t call in LAPD to deal with it

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Posted by Lee B
Member since Dec 2018
3458 posts
Posted on 7/23/25 at 2:11 pm to
"Care for a hand grenade?"

"Thank you, you're very kind."
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
32665 posts
Posted on 7/23/25 at 3:48 pm to
"Our bomb squad did some fine work today, nobody was injured".

Yours Truly,
Mayor Karen Bass
Posted by Lexis Dad
Member since Apr 2025
4918 posts
Posted on 7/23/25 at 5:01 pm to
Jesus Christ what a bunch of MENSA members.
Posted by mastersleestak
Foul's Creche
Member since Dec 2014
426 posts
Posted on 7/23/25 at 6:15 pm to
If you were in a duty free shop, weren’t you already through security?
Posted by Akiro
Member since Jun 2025
414 posts
Posted on 7/23/25 at 6:18 pm to
Probably BabyTac
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
30015 posts
Posted on 7/23/25 at 6:24 pm to
quote:

I feel the same for a used pinapple grenade. I have a couple and they cut the bottom so they can't be filled and they remove the explosives and the trigger.


In point of fact, those are not used.
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
32665 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 7:38 am to
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If you were in a duty free shop, weren’t you already through security?


I did not buy it the same day, I was traveling to Calgary every week for work
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
27508 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 7:47 am to
DFW says Touche'


Replica grenade led to charter bus evacuation, bomb threat call in Plano

Police X-ray confirms grenade was inert; passenger who owned the bag says it was a replica owned by his grandfather.

An inert replica grenade found in an abandoned bag led to the evacuation of a charter bus and a response from the Plano bomb squad on Monday morning.

According to police, they were called to a gas station near the corner of Spring Creek Parkway and U.S. Highway 75, where a Flixbus charter bus had stopped in the parking lot.

Police said Monday afternoon the driver discovered the bag while loading passengers and their luggage. When the driver opened the bag, he reported finding a grenade inside.

The driver called the police and the Plano Police Department's Hazardous Devices Unit responded. The bus was evacuated and traffic was stopped on adjacent roads while police investigated the device.

From Texas Sky Ranger, just before noon, a member of the bomb squad was seen working near the bag while wearing a blast suit.

Meanwhile, officials confirmed that the bag belonged to a passenger from the previous day. The passenger was contacted and he told officials the grenade was an inert war replica that had belonged to his grandfather.
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