16 Crazy Things People Tried To Get Through Airport Security

Going on vacation is something we all look forward to and if there is a plane journey involved, all the better. Airport security is tight nowadays and that can only be a good thing. It’s pretty common though to forget about a razor or a bottle of water in our hand luggage. However, what happens when people try to actively smuggle things onto a plane that they know they shouldn’t?

Here we take a look at 16 of the craziest things people have tried to get past airport security. You won’t believe some of this stuff! Take a look!

 

These Wolverine claws look awesome but not for taking on a flight!

wolverine claws
Telegraph/PA

 

Weird monsters carrying grenades are not permitted on any flights!

metal monster grenade
Instagram

 

This cow dung toothpaste is just wrong!

cow dung toothpaste
TarynSimon

 

What?!

stuffed armadillo
Telegraph/AustralianCustomsAndBorderProtectionService

 

Whoever was trying to smuggle this haul of creepy masks onto a plane must not have had the best intentions.

creepy masks
Telegraph/AFP/GettyImages

 

A bazooka gun?!

bazooka gun
Memolition

 

This Scooby Doo card is awesome…unlike the razors which were hidden inside.

razor blades scooby doo card
TSA

 

The filling of this enchilada was a knife… a huge one!

knife in enchilada
TSA

 

Check out the firearm hidden inside this Mickey Mouse toy.

firearm inside mickey mouse
CNN

 

This Eiffel Tower souvenir contained a double edged sword.

double edged sword eiffel tower
Twitter

Airport security stopped a woman carrying this lipstick-shaped stun gun.

lipstick gun
ClickOnDetroit/TSA

 

Can you believe that someone was caught trying to smuggle 200 tarantulas onto a plane?

spiders on a plane
VintageWingsOfCanada

 

Eels don’t make very good traveling companions.

bag of eels
traveller24

 

A man was stopped at Gatwick Airport, UK with a bag of dried caterpillars for “personal consumption”.

bag dried up caterpillars
Telegraph/ALAMY

 

The movie ‘Snakes on a Plane’ became real when someone tried to take 75 live ones onto an aircraft!

samuel jackson snakes on a plane
IMDB

 

And finally, this guy was caught at airport security with 94 iPhones strapped to his body… crazy!

iphones strapped to man
CBSSanFrancisco