Coverage dated November 7, 2022 to November 8, 2022

TSA: Handgun found inside raw chicken in luggage at airport

Headline from WHEC Rochester

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Security officers at a South Florida airport have reported finding a handgun hidden inside a raw chicken packed in a traveler's luggage.

WHEC Rochester's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Reports & sources

17 articles, oldest first.

  1. FOX 35 Orlando

    TSA confiscates gun hidden in chicken butt at Florida airport (opens FOX 35 Orlando)

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    FOX 35 Orlando's feed description

    A traveler at the Fort Lauderdale Airport reportedly hid a gun inside a raw chicken butt, according to TSA.

  2. Orlando Weekly

    TSA catches passenger hiding a gun inside a raw chicken at a Florida airport (opens Orlando Weekly)

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    Orlando Weekly's feed description

    Transportation Security Administration agents found a handgun stuffed inside a raw chicken at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport this week.

  3. FOX 29 Philadelphia

    TSA agents find gun smuggled inside raw chicken (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

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    FOX 29 Philadelphia's feed description

    After TSA agents found the gun at the checkpoint they posted “we hate to break it to you but stuffing a firearm in your holiday bird for travel is just a baste of time.”

  4. Fox News

    Florida airport security finds gun stuffed inside raw chicken: 'Personal fowl' (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    TSA officers found a gun inside a raw chicken at the Fort Lauderdale Airport recently during an inspection of luggage, according to the government agency.

  5. WHEC Rochester

    TSA: Handgun found inside raw chicken in luggage at airport (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Security officers at a South Florida airport have reported finding a handgun hidden inside a raw chicken packed in a traveler's luggage.

  6. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    TSA: Handgun found inside raw chicken in luggage at Florida airport (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    Security officers at a South Florida airport have reported finding a handgun hidden inside a raw chicken packed in a traveler's luggage.

  7. NBC News

    Handgun found inside raw chicken in luggage at airport, TSA says (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The Transportation Security Administration posted photos of the gun and poultry, with a pun-filled caption, on its Instagram account Monday after the weapon was recovered at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

  8. The Guardian

    Florida man allegedly hides gun inside raw chicken to foil airport security (opens The Guardian)

    Published

    The Guardian's feed description

    Half-cocked plan thwarted by quick-thinking TSA agents who spied pistol-packed poultry in carry-on bag

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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