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Bizarre X-ray scan leads TSA officers to flight passenger's illegal…

Phoenix airport officers found fentanyl, meth and ketamine hidden in the machine after the scan showed something odd inside; the laptop did pass for a laptop.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAt Phoenix Sky Harbor, TSA officers saw something odd on an X-ray and found fentanyl, meth and ketamine hidden inside a modified computer.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWith me is Barnaby Strand, chief executive of Quikport Carry-On Concepts, which sells laptop accessories. Mr. Strand, your product line says generous internal storage.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorExplain that.

  4. Barnaby Oyelowe StrandStrictly speaking, Gloria, storage is a feature of every laptop. Ours simply believes in honesty about empty space.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSo a computer with room for drugs is an honest computer.

  6. Barnaby Oyelowe StrandStrictly speaking, we had no involvement. Although the compartment is very well engineered, and I hold a laminated customer satisfaction card to prove it.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA satisfaction card. From whom?

  8. Barnaby Oyelowe StrandStrictly speaking, I can't name the customer. But he gave us four stars, and he only lost one for airport lighting.

  9. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorLet me ask you plainly: does Quikport sell any device with a hidden compartment, yes or no?

  10. Barnaby Oyelowe StrandStrictly speaking, hidden is a strong word. We prefer discreet, and the Slimline is discreet in a way regulators are still learning to appreciate.

  11. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI covered a customs office once that used the same word, and it was shut within a week.

  12. Barnaby Oyelowe StrandStrictly speaking, nothing was found in our laptop. Strictly speaking, it was found in somebody's laptop, which was ours, a bit.

  13. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA bit.

  14. Barnaby Oyelowe StrandWould you rate the compartment on my card, Gloria? It takes ten seconds.

  15. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe X-ray already did, Mr. Strand. Rex Gridley has the scores, and I'm told he's furious about something.

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