CHARLOTTE, NC — Transportation Security Administration stopped a knife and a saw blade inside a walking cane.
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The item was found at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, our sister station WSOC reported.
Passengers can only pack sharp objects in checked baggage, such as knives and saw blades.
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The officer who identified the concealed items noted an object in the X-ray image that warranted further inspection.
The TSA officer who inspected the cane offered the traveler several options: return the cane to his car, leave it with a non-traveling companion, place it in checked baggage, or voluntarily abandon it at the checkpoint.
The traveler chose to leave the cane with TSA and continue his journey.
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