US Transport Police have released shocking photographs of the lethal weapons airline passengers tried to board with in the past year.
The haul of concealed contraband ranges from samurai swords, to pistols, bullets, grenades, inert land mines and live explosives.
Suspicious black powder, flare guns, 562 stun guns and a live "sting ball" riot control grenade were also stopped from being loaded onto aircraft.
Officers from the Transport Security Administration, part of the Department of Homeland Security, screened 638,705,790 passengers across the US.
Around FIVE GUNS per day were fund during checks at 205 airports and firearms were the most confiscated item, with 1,813 being seized.



