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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Mike Bedigan

Shell-shocked! Traveler caught trying to sneak live turtle down his pants through Airport security

A Pennsylvania man was stopped while going through airport security in New Jersey, after officials found a live turtle hidden down his pants. The animal was reportedly unharmed - (AP)

A Pennsylvania man was stopped while going through airport security in New Jersey, after officials found a live turtle hidden down his pants.

The man – whose name was not released – was flagged at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday after a body scanner alarm went off "in the area of [his] groin,” according to a statement from the federal Transportation Security Administration.

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