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The Transportation Security Administration stopped a man in Virginia's Richmond International Airport late last week after discovering a double-edged knife hidden inside his gaming laptop.
According to the TSA, the man, hailing from Williamsburg, Va., was going through security on November 11 when the officer at the security checkpoint noticed a knife in the man's carry-on bag via an X-ray machine. However, when the bag was searched and the contents were separated, no knife was found. When each item was re-screened individually, the knife appeared inside the laptop.
"After obtaining tools that could disassemble the laptop, a double-edged knife was found to have been artfully concealed inside the guts of the computer." In images from the TSA, the knife appears to be fixed to the bottom casing. The TSA claims that the owner first claimed he knew nothing about a knife in his laptop but confirmed it was his blade after the laptop was opened.
We open a lot of laptops, and our expert opinion is that those tools were probably a small Phillips head screwdriver and maybe something to pry the lid off. The laptop, from the TSA's photos, appears to be a Gigabyte Aorus gaming notebook. You can see the battery is from G-Style Ltd., a Taiwanese component supplier affiliated with Gigabyte. The bottom casing appears very similar to many Aorus models that we have reviewed.
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According to the TSA, the man, hailing from Williamsburg, Va., was going through security on November 11 when the officer at the security checkpoint noticed a knife in the man's carry-on bag via an X-ray machine. However, when the bag was searched and the contents were separated, no knife was found. When each item was re-screened individually, the knife appeared inside the laptop.
"After obtaining tools that could disassemble the laptop, a double-edged knife was found to have been artfully concealed inside the guts of the computer." In images from the TSA, the knife appears to be fixed to the bottom casing. The TSA claims that the owner first claimed he knew nothing about a knife in his laptop but confirmed it was his blade after the laptop was opened.
We open a lot of laptops, and our expert opinion is that those tools were probably a small Phillips head screwdriver and maybe something to pry the lid off. The laptop, from the TSA's photos, appears to be a Gigabyte Aorus gaming notebook. You can see the battery is from G-Style Ltd., a Taiwanese component supplier affiliated with Gigabyte. The bottom casing appears very similar to many Aorus models that we have reviewed.
TSA Found a Double-Edged Knife Hidden in a Gaming Laptop
Surprisingly not a Razer Blade or an MSI Sword.
