I've just smuggled a knife through two airports

[audidoody]

So,

Drive down to South of France for annual hols and pack everything but the kitchen sink.

Work problem means I have to fly back to UK for a couple of days.

So I throw a change of clothes and bathroom kit into the same carry-on wheelie case I loaded up for the drive down and off I go back to the UK.

At Toulon airport security stops me after X-Ray and ask to open my bag. Sure. They rummage through and find the banned and dangerous and lethal item they had spotted on the X-Rya machine - a can of Gillette shaving foam. It is, of course, confiscated. Board the plane and back to Bighty.

Return journey today: turn up at Stansted Airport with the SAME WHEELIE case and pass through security without problems.

Back in France I unpack the case.

There, in plain sight, in the bottom of the case, is the Swiss Army Knife I had thrown in for the drive down, forgotten about, and not taken out.

I am very lucky that Airport Security is such a chicken-sh*t joke.

Anyone know how to disable a man coming at you with a can of shaving foam?

Edited by audidoody on Friday 31st July 17:27

[Ranger 6]

I did a similar thing coming back from a skiing trip - the same rucksack I'd been using on the slopes had a multitool and swiss army knife in the bottom which I'd forgotten to take out and put back in the hold baggage. Due to the blade on the multitool being 3mm (or so ) longer than their guide they binned that and let me keep the swiss army knife.


.....it was Geneva airport after all

[carter711]

Similar thing happened to me actually, I packed a carry on case to take to Southern France and in the case was my jacket. I went from Stanstead to Perpignan.
When I got to France I realised I had a box of matches in the pocket of my jacket that hadn't been detected.

Could have been an explosive!

[Talksteer]

Its such a surprise when that happens. I recently forgot to take 4 1/2kg of pure cocaine before boarding a flight last week.

[Puggit]

Done the same with a Leatherman - was only found on my return at Cork because I had a lethal 1L bottle of water in my bag.

Heathrow of course saw nothing...

[ShadownINja]

Talksteer said:

Its such a surprise when that happens. I recently forgot to take 4 1/2kg of pure cocaine before boarding a flight last week.

The one to Dubai or Malaysia, no less? (On the bright side, if you get caught drug trafficking into Malaysia, you only get imprisoned for a couple of months at most. )

Edited by ShadownINja on Friday 31st July 18:35

[audidoody]

Talksteer said:

Its such a surprise when that happens. I recently forgot to take 4 1/2kg of pure cocaine before boarding a flight last week.

How big do your nostrils have to be for THAT?

[Semi hemi]

audidoody said:

Talksteer said:

Its such a surprise when that happens. I recently forgot to take 4 1/2kg of pure cocaine before boarding a flight last week.

How big does your nostrils back passage have to be for THAT?

EFA