TSA凤凰城机场查获藏毒电脑：Mac mini机身内检出芬太尼、冰毒与氯胺酮
运输安全管理局（Transportation Security Administration，TSA）10月9日通报，凤凰城 Sky Harbor 国际机场（Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport）安检口查获一起罕见的藏毒手法：一名旅客随身行李中的一台 Apple Mac mini 台式电脑被动过手脚，机身内藏有疑似芬太尼、冰毒（甲基苯丙胺）与氯胺酮。
据 TSA 通报，安检组长 Logan Stortz 操作 X 光机时，发现这台电子设备内部有异常的团块与线路，随即要求开包检查。负责行李搜查的安检员 Isaiah Martinez Jr. 与主管 Emily Price 进一步检查时，在电脑下方发现一大团与机身并不相连的有机物团块，遂请来爆炸物专家 Robert Rosas Perez II。复检 X 光影像显示，团块藏在机身内一个暗格之下，设备有明显被拆改的痕迹。
Perez 打开可疑部位边缘后，看到塑料包裹的大块结晶状物质和一颗橙色药丸状物品，当即停止操作并通知机场警方。他说：「这种事可能不像公众想的那么罕见。每天都有旅客试图把非法、违禁或疑似违禁物品带过安检口。」凤凰城警方赶到后逮捕了这名旅客，现场初步检测显示，藏匿物中含有疑似芬太尼、冰毒与氯胺酮。TSA 未公布该旅客身份。
TSA 表示，该局在安检口的首要职责是查缉武器、爆炸物等危及航空安全的物品，而非执行毒品法律；但安检中发现疑似非法毒品时，会通知执法部门处理。凤凰城 TSA 联邦安全主任 Jerry Agnew 表示，安检员的警觉与团队协作是这次查获的关键，整个过程按既定安检程序进行。
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TSA Finds Suspected Fentanyl, Meth and Ketamine Concealed Inside a Mac mini at Phoenix Airport
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said its officers at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport discovered suspected fentanyl, methamphetamine and ketamine concealed inside a tampered Apple Mac mini desktop computer in a passenger's carry-on bag, in a release dated October 9.
Lead TSA Officer Logan Stortz, operating the X-ray, noticed an electronic item with an unusual mass and wiring and prompted a bag check. Property search officer Isaiah Martinez Jr. consulted with Stortz, and Supervisory Officer Emily Price saw a large organic mass beneath the computer and called in explosives specialist Robert Rosas Perez II. After the items were run through the X-ray again, officers saw the mass sat inside the box under a concealed compartment, and the computer showed signs of tampering.
Perez opened the edge near the suspicious area and found a substance in large crystallized-rock form along with an unknown orange pill-like item, all wrapped in plastic, and stopped procedures. "This is probably not as uncommon as the public might think," Perez said. "Every day, passengers attempt to bring illicit, illegal, prohibited or suspected illegal items through security checkpoints." Phoenix police arrested the passenger, whose identity TSA did not release, and preliminary field testing indicated the presence of fentanyl, methamphetamine and ketamine.
TSA notes its primary responsibility at checkpoints is to detect weapons, explosives and other threats to aviation, not to enforce narcotics laws, but officers notify law enforcement when they encounter suspected illegal drugs during screening. "Our officers' vigilance and teamwork made the difference in this incident," Phoenix TSA Federal Security Director Jerry Agnew said.
Source: GSM · USA
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