Warning - Attempted Robbery by Uniformed Passenge...

Warning - Attempted Robbery by Uniformed Passenger Screening Personnel.

Departing from this rather down at the heels airport, my carry-on bag was opened after the x-ray by passenger screening personnel (TSA equivalents). There was a small pair of scissors in the bag which they rightly confiscated. The uniformed woman who checked the bag said nothing about the 2 boxes of cigars inside.

Shortly afterward, I was confronted in the men's room by a young man, also uniformed. who had not been present when my bag was opened. He informed me that it was illegal to take cigars on the aircraft and that he would have to confiscate them. I told him I would return and left the room. He made no further attempt to contact me, and I boarded my flight uneventfully.

To claim that it is illegal to board aircraft with cigars in a carry-on is clearly a baldfaced lie, an attempt to rob me of the cigars. Because at least 2 airport personnel were involved in this fraud, I suspect others were also complicit. Therefore, I chose not to report it for fear that I would be dealing with yet another member of the scam.

Beware of uniformed passenger screening personnel at this airport.