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A human head? Strangest items smuggled through airport security

A new infographic reveals some of the weirdest items passengers have tried to smuggle through airport security, and we're not just talking strange animal parts to be used in Chinese medicine.

A new infographic reveals some of the weirdest items passengers have tried to smuggle through airport security, and we’re not just talking strange animal parts to be used in Chinese medicine.

If you’ve ever broken a sweat standing in line at airport security, for fear that a customs officer might find your stashed away bottle of duty-free whiskey, then imagine just how much sweat these passengers dripped trying to smuggle in these items.

They probably lost A LOT of water.

Revealed in an infographic produced by MyOffers (a UK based competition and prize website), passengers around the world have attempted to smuggle such items as:

  • A severed head to be used in a voodoo ritual
  • A monkey
  • Land-mines
  • A rocket launcher
  • A woman
  • A 5-month-year-old baby
  • And more!

Check out the rest of the weird and wacky items on the infographic below:

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Pretty crazy, huh?

**Did you know that even turkeys have to pass through airport security?

Have you ever tried to smuggle something past airport security? It’s okay, we won’t tell…