Port Authority police responded, as well as TSA explosive experts. The man told agents he got the inert grenade as a gift at a museum.

The Transportation Security Administration found a grenade inside a man’s carry-on luggage at LaGuardia International Airport on Monday. “Yes, it’s a real grenade. Fortunately it was inert,” TSA spokesperson Lisa Farbstein wrote in a post on X with a picture of the explosive device.

A grenade was found inside a man’s carry-on luggage at LaGuardia International Airport, according to the Transportation Security Administration. The passenger was going through security at the New York City airport on Monday when the weapon of war was discovered in his bag.