On Sunday, June 26, 2017, photo provided by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) shows a TSA agent holding a live lobster that weighs roughly 20 pounds at Boston鈥檚 Logan International Airport. TSA spokesman Michael McCarthy said Monday, June 26, that the lobster found Sunday in the passenger鈥檚 checked luggage at the airport鈥檚 Terminal C is the 鈥渓argest鈥� he鈥檇 ever seen. (Transportation Security Administration via AP)
BOSTON鈥擳he Transportation Security Administration says a 20-pound (9-kilogram) live lobster has been spotted in a passenger鈥檚 luggage at Boston鈥檚 Logan International Airport.
TSA spokesman Michael McCarthy says the lobster found Sunday in the passenger鈥檚 checked luggage at the airport鈥檚 Terminal C is the 鈥渓argest鈥� he鈥檚 ever seen.
McCarthy says the TSA doesn鈥檛 prohibit transporting lobsters. The TSA website says a live lobster is allowed through security but must be transported in a 鈥渃lear, plastic, spill-proof container.鈥�
McCarthy says the lobster was in a cooler and 鈥渃ooperated quite nicely with the screening process.鈥�
He shared a picture of a TSA agent holding up the crustacean on social media. JPV