Five Inch Bullet Passes Heathrows Security Checks

Security checks at Heathrow's terminal 5 failed to detect a five inch bullet in a boys luggage.

The inept airport security staff confiscated Ben Thetfords milkshake but, amazingly, failed to detect a five inch shell that was inside his school bag. Ben, and friends from Parkside School, passed through Heathrow on a their way to Bulgaria for a skiing trip. The bullet had been in his school bag since Ben had completed a school project on World War two. It wasn't until Ben was on his return journey that the more vigilant security staff at Sofia airport in Bulgaria found the shell and confiscated it.

The bullet was not live. The shell and the bullet had been found by Bens father with a metal detector near his home. The bullet and shell had been put together to resemble a live cartridge which is thought to have come from a spitfire.

The incident raises serious questions regarding security procedures at Heathrow'w troubled terminal 5 where security staff had required a man in the same security queue as ben to drink some of his baby's milk to prove that it wasn't liquid explosives. It would appear that security are so focussed upon concealed explosives that it has become possible for a passenger to overtly carry potentially live ammunition onto an aircraft.