A man's knife in shoe has led to his arrest after a security checkpoint detected the sharp object being concealed inside his shoe, CBS Detroit has learned.
The Transportation Security Administration has made an abrupt arrest when a security checkpoint at a Detroit airport has discovered a man's knife in shoe Sunday morning, July 6.
Authorities said Monday that a man's knife in shoe has made a huge fuzz at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus at around 7:30 in the morning.
The man reportedly attempted to get through security by putting his knife inside the bottom lining of one of his shoes.
Upon the discovery of the man's knife in shoe, the weapon was confiscated by authorities and the passenger was taken into custody.
The name of the man has not been released as of late, but he was believed to have had a bad motive by hiding a knife in his shoe when airport regulations clearly state that all knives and sharp objects should be placed in checked luggage.
Airport police routinely confiscate knives and other prohibited objects at the airport and the man's knife in shoe is obviously not an exception.
As per a TSA blog post, the agency has noted that it has retrieved 33 firearms - 25 of them loaded - a samurai sword, fireworks, a stun cane, stun guns, a hair brush dagger and inert grenades, among others from June 27 to July 2 alone.
The arrest of the man's knife in shoe suspect happened just days after TSA has implemented its new guidelines to tighten security due to concerns that al Qaeda-linked groups might be plotting to blow up an airliner, reported Reuters.
Meanwhile, TSA sparked outrage last year when it announced a new guideline that allowed passengers to take small knives in their carry-on bags.
However, after many protested against it including pilots and flight attendants, the agency reversed the ruling, and demanded that all knives except for butter knives and plastic cutlery should be banned in carry-on bags.
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