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By Brian Dillon
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Transportation Security Administration agents uncovered a dangerous weapon carried by a passenger disguised as a common bathroom accessory.
TSA spokesperson Lisa Farbstein shared the discovery on X (formerly Twitter), revealing the dagger knife that was hidden inside a hairbrush. The discovery was made at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia, located close to Washington D.C., on Monday, January 20.
In the post, Farbstein revealed: "This dagger, concealed inside a hairbrush, was intercepted at a @TSA security checkpoint at @Reagan_Airport on Monday. The brush is designed to conceal the dagger as part of the handle."
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The dangerous weapon can be seen laid out on a table along with the top of the hairbrush, with the bottom of it resembling a hairbrush handle. The top of the hairbrush was placed over the dagger to conceal it.
The dagger appears to be 7.5 inches in length when uncovered from under the hairbrush.
Farbstein told Newsweek: "It was detected at the checkpoint via X-ray. The traveler was given an option to place it back in his vehicle, place it in a checked bag or voluntarily surrender it to TSA. It was voluntarily surrendered to TSA. This is not an illegal item. It is a prohibited item, so no need for police."
Just days before, on Tuesday, January 14, TSA agents intercepted a similar hairbrush that concealed something sharp underneath. It was carried by a traveler at San Antonio International Airport in Texas, with a TSA spokesperson saying in an X post: "Leave your secret shanks out of your carry-on luggage."
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Knives are generally allowed in checked bags but not in carry-on bags, TSA says. Exceptions are knives with rounded-blades, blunt edges without serration/teeth such as butter knives, or plastic cutlery.
The same rules apply for corkscrews with blades, box cutters, cigar cutters, darts, ice axes, ice picks, kirpans, meat cleavers, sabers, razor-type blades, and saws.
Farbstein also shared a picture of a set of brass knuckles that were taken off a passenger, resulting in their arrest. The brass knuckles were discovered at a TSA checkpoint at New York John F. Kennedy Airport on Wednesday, January 22. "Don't be that guy," Farbstein said in a post on X as she shared an image of the brass knuckles.
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