Man caught with 17 bullets hidden inside baby diaper at New York’s LaGuardia Airport
- Officers pulled the disposable diaper from the passenger’s carry-on bag after it triggered an alarm in an X-ray machine at a security checkpoint
- He claimed his girlfriend put the bullet-filled diaper in his bag
It was a loaded diaper, but not like you would think.
Security officers found 17 bullets concealed inside a disposable baby diaper on Wednesday at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, the Transportation Security Administration said.
Officers pulled the otherwise clean diaper from a passenger’s carry-on bag after it triggered an alarm in an X-ray machine at an airport security checkpoint, the TSA said.
According to the agency, the passenger initially claimed he didn’t know how the bullet-filled diaper ended up in his bag. Later he suggested his girlfriend put it there, the agency said.
The TSA identified the passenger as a man from Arkansas who was ticketed for a flight to Chicago’s Midway Airport, but did not disclose his name. Port Authority police cited him for unlawful possession of the 9mm ammunition.
Messages seeking details were left with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport, and the Queens district attorney’s office.
