Airport security catches man trying to smuggle 9kg lobster onto plane

TSA doesn't prohibit transporting lobsters

America's Transportation Security Administration says a 20-pound (9-kilogram) live lobster has been found in a passenger's luggage at Boston's Logan International Airport.
TSA spokesman Michael McCarthy says the lobster found on Sunday in the passenger's checked luggage at the airport's Terminal C is the largest he's ever seen.
McCarthy says the TSA doesn't prohibit transporting lobsters. Its website says a live lobster will be allowed through security but must be transported in a "clear, plastic, spill-proof container."
McCarthy says the lobster is now in a cooler and "co-operated quite nicely with the screening process."
He shared a picture of a TSA agent holding up the crustacean on social media.

.@TSA officers are skilled at screening all sorts of items in checked baggage...including this 20+ pound lobster at @BostonLogan pic.twitter.com/euhyyO6F7V
- Michael McCarthy (@TSAmedia_MikeM) June 26, 2017