Source:-Mirror.co.uk (UK Newspaper)
Feb 16 2005
By Gary Jones
A NEW plastic stun gun can be smuggled past X-ray detector equipment at airports, anti-terror police have warned.
The gun, which paralyses with a 50,000 volt shock, can also spray CS gas and could become a favoured weapon of terrorists. It was found during a routine baggage search at Heathrow after its owner had passed through X-ray checks.
One airport-based detective said: "This is a major cause for concern. This stun gun is sophisticated and in the wrong hands lethal with potentially disastrous consequences."
Airport security staff have been alerted to the weapon's danger in the hands of terrorists.
Scotland Yard has issued officers with pictures of it and warned in a memo it had evaded X-rays and could spray CS gas.
Stun guns are illegal in the UK and police are probing a six-fold increase in the numbers found at ports and airports.
In 2004, 672 were seized, compared with 120 eight years ago.
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