The level of stupidity of these people who conduct the so called security checks is summed up beautifully in this story..........
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It was supposed to be a birthday surprise for his son – but a Wiggles the Caterpillar cake led to an airport security alert as the surprised father was bundled away by armed guards.
Justin Barrett was asked to remove his clothing and was given a through body search after security staff mistook the supermarket cake for a bomb.
The 41-year-old told yesterday how he was about to fly out with the cake for his son Freddie’s ninth birthday in Spain, where the youngster was on holiday with the rest of his family.
He said: ‘I had the cake in my hand luggage and customs asked to check inside after it had passed through the x-ray machine.
To the officer’s surprise there was a chocolate Caterpillar cake in the bag. He then swabbed the inside of the bag and put it into a machine.
That’s when it ended up going bleep and the customs officer said it had found traces of explosives. They took me to a room and began a thorough search of my body.’
When they realised it was just a cake, Mr Barrett was allowed to go to join his wife and children who had flown out to Alicante a week earlier.
The cause of the positive test was attributed to acetate in the plastic wrapping on the cake box, which can show up on certain airport sensors.
An airport security spokesman said: ‘While some completely innocent items can trigger the alarms, our overriding priority is to provide a safe and secure airport for passengers and staff.’
YOU JUST COULD NOT MAKE IT UP !!!!!