Scanning airport luggage would seem to the outside world to be somewhat of a monotonous, albeit critical, occupation. However, every now and then something unusual pops up on the security screens at airports. United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers discovered what appeared as human bones in a traveler’s luggage at Tampa International Airport (TPA).

Tampa International Airport

IATA Code

TPA

City

Tampa

ICAO Code

KTPA

State/Prov./Reg.

Florida

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According to a report by NBC News, the passenger said that the human remains, including a part of the skull wrapped in foil, were intended for rituals. Director of Field Operations at CBP, Carlos C. Martel, wrote on X that the passenger initially declared only ten cigars, but agents later di

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