Strange Finds At Newark Airport: Saw Blades, Marijuana Candy and Meat Cleavers

Newark, NJ – Saw blades, marijuana hidden in candy and meat cleavers.

These are just a few of the objects that officials have seized at Newark Liberty International Airport checkpoints over the years.

On Wednesday, a TSA spokeswoman announced that police seized a pair of circular saw blades in a passenger’s carry-on bag.

While saw blades are an unusual item to see at an airport security checkpoint, there have been other strange objects and weapons found at Newark Liberty.

Click the description to read more about each incident.

• In January, TSA officials reported that a wallet containing $5,000 in cash was found – and returned – at the airport.
• In December of 2015, TSA agents confiscated a cane that had a sharp metal knife-like object concealed in its handle.
• In October of 2015, officials found 10 pounds of cocaine and 88 Oxycodone pills hidden inside a variety of food products in a passenger’s luggage.
• In June of 2015, TSA officials found a stash of marijuana hidden in Mary Jane candy wrappers.
• In June of 2015, TSA agents found and successfully returned a $40,000 Chinese painting left behind by a passenger.
• In 2014, airport officials confiscated a curved hand sickle in a carry-on bag.
• In 2014, a passenger reportedly attempted to bring a meat cleaver through a checkpoint at the airport.

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