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TSA Finds Daggers Hidden In Book At Reagan Airport

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Transportation Security Administration says officers found two throwing daggers hidden in a hollowed-out book at a checkpoint at Reagan-Washington National Airport.

A TSA spokesman says a passenger was stopped Monday when officers found the hidden daggers in the passenger's carry-on bag. The daggers, which measured just over half a foot long, were hidden in the hard-cover book.

The passenger, who was flying to Chicago, surrendered the knives and book.

The TSA has the authority to fine passengers who bring deadly weapons into the airport checkpoint. It was not known if this was done in this case.

A spokesman for the airport did not immediately return a call for comment.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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