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TSA finds stolen Civil War cannonballs in suitcase at Alabama airport
AP News • • nation
Key Points:
- TSA agents discovered five stolen Civil War-era cannonballs in a passenger's suitcase during a routine screening at Gulf Shores International Airport on July 18.
- The cannonballs, inactive and non-explosive, were wrapped in paper towels and identified as artillery munitions, which are prohibited on planes.
- Police traced the cannonballs to Fort Morgan, a historic site involved in the Civil War, where they had been stolen from a storage area by a juvenile.
- The juvenile placed the cannonballs in their grandmother’s checked luggage without her knowledge; Fort Morgan declined to press charges, and the artifacts were returned.
