From animals to sex toys, some travelers carry items or living beings in their suitcases that, in certain cases, are prohibited from transporting on a flightaccording to airport police.
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Passengers must pass their luggage through material detection scanners, which identify the objects that travelers are carrying, as well as their type: metallic, explosive or organic.
For his part, the commander of the El Dorado airport police, Lieutenant Colonel Wilson Torres, told EL TIEMPO in an interview that In recent years, peculiar objects have been found in users’ backpacks, such as used horseshoes, sex toys, carved stones, river rocks and knives.
However, the authorities mostly encounter illegal elements: “At the airport we talk about illegal things, more than strange. Drug seizures in common items, such as food, technology and even souvenirs.“Torres said.
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The lieutenant colonel recounted an occasion when A man was caught planning to travel with dozens of frogs in a containerwhich were to be transferred to Asia: “Wildlife trafficking is not very common, but sometimes it happens. They carry small animals, such as ants, insects or amphibians.”.
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Among other peculiar items that certain passengers carry in their suitcases, there are: removable and loose lithium batteries, cigarettes, pyrotechnic candles, aerosols and even gunpowderHowever, these are confiscated for security reasons, as they may pose a danger to other travelers.
According to Torres, The items that are confiscated are taken to a warehouse and then destroyed.However, there are those who prefer to miss the flight and keep those items that are not allowed on the plane, such as lighters.
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“This happens many times, people have to return home if they cannot pass what they are carrying.“, the airport commander emphasized to EL TIEMPO.
Most common items carried by passengers and confiscated
In addition to lighters, other items that are not allowed and end up being confiscated are: sharp items such as scissors, nail grooming for women, tobacco cutters and loose screwdrivers.
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There are also certain items that users often carry, but which due to their composition often raise suspicions, such as sea salt, horse stirrups and muzzles, large bronze sculptures and rusty machetes.
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