Dont be surprised if youre asked to whip out your cell phone and make a call next time you go through airport security, Zagorin writes. A mobile phone that masquerades as a gun may sound like a device concocted for 007, but its the latest hidden weaponry to show up on the radar of law-enforcement folks, TIME reports.
So far, no phony phones are known to have surfaced in the U.S. And aviation-security experts say screening equipment now in use can detect the cell guns and other "improvised explosive devices," such as fake calculators, cameras, laptops and PDAs. To speed your next security check, you may want to leave some of those gadgets behind, along with your tool kit, TIME reports. Says a senior U.S. law-enforcement official: "Even a screwdriver could conceal a shotgun shell in a hollowed-out handle."
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Press M for Murder: Cell Phones That Kill
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