Transportation Security Administration agents at New York’s LaGuardia Airport found an inert grenade on Monday, the agency confirmed this week.
A man was traveling and had checked his bag when a TSA officer found the grenade, a TSA spokesperson confirmed to US on Tuesday morning.
Port Authority police responded, as did explosives experts from the TSA. The man told officers he had received the item as a gift at a museum, the TSA spokesperson said.
The grenade appeared to be inert, TSA said. That means the grenade is a safe training tool that is hollowed out so it doesn’t explode, according to the United States Marine Corps.
The grenade was then given to TSA explosives experts, and they will use it as a training tool for TSA officers, the TSA told USA TODAY.
Saleen Martin is a reporter on USA TODAY’s NOW team. She is from Norfolk, Virginia – the 757. Follow her on Twitter at @SaleenMartin or email her sdmartin@usatoday.com.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: TSA finds inert grenade at New York airport, man says it came from a gift shop
