Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
26%
5 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
The unidentified passenger was going through security at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Arizona when a TSA officer spotted on the X-ray machine an unusual mass and wiring inside an Apple Mac mini desktop computer.
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officer → go → computer
A closer inspection revealed suspected fentanyl, methamphetamine and ketamine concealed inside the manipulated computer, the TSA said in an Oct. 9 release.
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TSA → reveal → release
At first, he suspected the unusual image might be part of an internal TSA test.
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image → suspect → test
“Initially, I thought this might be a test run by one of the many levels of testing teams within TSA,” Stortz said.
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Stortz → think → TSA
“When I found out it was drugs, I was very surprised.”
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I → find → ?
TSA Officer Isaiah Martinez Jr. then searched the carry-on and consulted with Stortz about the suspicious computer.
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Jr. → search → computer
“I was in shock, noticed something was awry and immediately notified a supervisor,” Martinez said.
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Martinez → notice → supervisor
The officers’ concerns grew as they examined the computer more closely.
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they → grow → computer
A second screening revealed a mass beneath a concealed area and additional signs of tampering, according to TSA.
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screening → reveal → TSA
An explosives specialist then examined the computer and discovered plastic-wrapped material inside, including a crystallized substance and an orange pill-like item.
“I stopped all procedures at that point,” said TSA explosives specialist Robert Rosas Perez II.
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II → examine → point
Officers called law enforcement to the checkpoint, where preliminary field-testing indicated the substances included suspected fentanyl, methamphetamine and ketamine, TSA said.
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TSA → call → fentanyl
Phoenix police arrested the passenger, whose identity was not released in the agency’s account.
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identity → arrest → account
“The way this was concealed was unusual,” Supervisory TSA Officer Emily Price said.
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Price → conceal → ?
Despite the unusual hiding place, Perez said attempts to bring illegal or prohibited items through airport security may happen more frequently than travelers realize.
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travelers → say → security
“This is probably not as uncommon as the public might think,” he said.
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he → think → ?
“Every day, passengers attempt to bring illicit, illegal, prohibited or suspected illegal items through security checkpoints.”
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passengers → attempt → checkpoints
TSA noted that its primary responsibility at checkpoints is to detect weapons, explosives and other threats to aviation, rather than enforce drug laws.
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responsibility → note → laws
When officers encounter suspected illegal drugs during screening, they notify law enforcement.
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they → encounter → enforcement
Fox News Digital reached out to TSA for further comment.
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Digital → reach → comment
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