The most bizarre items found at TSA security checkpoints in 2022

Transportation Security Administration officials kept busy last year discovering several prohibited items in travelers’ luggage, including firearms hidden in raw chicken and drug-filled hair ties.

The agency created a quirky social media video sharing its top 10 catches of the year that showed that the job of a TSA agent can be a little more entertaining than simply taking travelers through security checkpoints.

From firearms hidden in game consoles and peanut butter jars to inactive grenades, here are the most outrageous finds in 2022.

Number Ten: Dirty Money Crunches

TSA agents at El Paso International Airport were alarmed when they noticed a traveler carrying disoriented abs.

Officials were confused when they disarmed the crackers and noticed money inside, especially since it’s not illegal to carry money, according to The Washington Post.

In addition to the hidden cash, the agents noted that the creaking noises caused.

“Hard to imagine anyone thinking this idea didn’t suck,” a male voiceover said in the video.

Number nine: inert grenade

Surprisingly inactive hand grenades are often recovered by security agents. One of the latest was found on a traveler at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport.

Instead of walking through airport security with a gun, TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein recommends handing it over to an agent or leaving it behind.

Number eight: cattle prods hidden in a guitar case

Officials at Washington-Dulles International Airport in Virginia were shocked when they found cattle prods inside a guitar case.

While tools up to 7 inches are prohibited in a carry-on bag, the traveler could have opted to check the bag without issue.

“This shocking device was not music to our ears,” one man joked in the video.

Number seven: Firearm hidden in a Play Station

A crafty traveler at the Atlanta airport tried to hide a gun inside an arcade. The agents had to dismantle the game console to reach the weapon.

Companies are prohibited from carrying on the plane unless the passenger checks in their bag.

‘You don’t want to play these games at the airport,’ said the man.

Number Six: Drug Filled Scrunchies

There are many clever ways that TSA agents have caught drug smugglers, but one of the most recent innovative ways is through hair bands.

Agents at the Boise airport in Idaho discovered clear bags of white powder and pills from a traveler.

The passenger never made it to the plane and was instead turned over to police, according to The Post.

Number five: knife hidden in a laptop

The traveler carrying the concealed laptop with the weapon tried to get it through security at Richmond International Airport in Virginia when agents flagged it down.

After turning on the TSA security detector for the second time, the agents began to closely examine the laptop and eventually found the knife inside.

“This might be state-of-the-art technology, but it won’t fly with us,” the man said in the video.

Number four: weapon hidden in a sling

Firearms seemed to be a popular trend among smugglers last year, with another memorable traveler at New York’s Greater Rochester International Airport trying to hide one in his sling.

Agents asked the man to remove the sling as he went through metal detectors and his screen of X-ray images showed that something was not right.

When officers recovered the gun, he simply told them that he forgot he had put it there, according to The Post.

Number three: gun covered in peanut butter

Smugglers thought outside the box when it came to firearms, but it seemed TSA agents noticed the red flags.

Another firearms seizure at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York showed partially empty peanut butter bottles opened with a handgun and ammunition.

“Here’s a sure shot to get you peanut butter and jail time,” the man joked in the video.

Number two: gun inside a raw chicken

Just when TSA agents think they’ve seen it all, a traveler tried to sneak a gun onto a plane that was hidden in a whole raw chicken while at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida.

The smuggler was smart enough to try to steal the tampered bird over the Thanksgiving holiday, but agents immediately knew something was off when they saw the chicken go through the X-ray machine.

“We hate to break it to you here, but packing a firearm in your vacation bird for travel is just a burst of time,” the TSA wrote in an Instagram post at the time.

Number one: fentanyl hidden inside generic candy wrappers

Concealing drugs inside candy has been a popular trend among drug dealers who target their items at children, and a traveler at the Los Angeles airport thought he could get away with it.

Weeks before Halloween, a traveler tried to smuggle 12,000 suspected fentanyl pills inside candy packages such as Skittles and SweetTarts.

Apparently, the smugglers didn’t get very far before the drugs were seized.