Man tries to board flight with snakes in his pants at Miami Airport
05-05-2024 09:23 AM
Ammon News - A plane flying out of Miami International Airport almost had a group of slithery travelers onboard.
Transportation Security Administration officials announced on X, formerly known as Twitter, that a bag of snakes was found hidden in a passenger's pants at a checkpoint on Friday, April 26.
The passenger, identified as a man by WBBH-TV, hid the snakes in a small green camo bag. TSA officials gave a glimpse of the bag through three different photos included in the post.
One of the photos showed two pink snakes crawling around the exterior of the bag with white packaging material around them.
According to the announcement, officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Miami-Dade Police Department were called to the scene, and the snakes were turned over to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
WFTV reported that the passenger was attempting to go on an international flight, and was denied boarding after the snakes were found. PEOPLE has reached out to the Miami-Dade Police Department for comment.
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