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| Customs intercept fibreglass knives |
| 2008-03-27 |
| FIBREGLASS is being used to make military-style knives in attempts to thwart checks of incoming international mail, customs authorities say. Australian customs national investigations manager Richard Janeczko said today that customs officers checking international mail had this week intercepted six knives made out of fibreglass resin. The knives, together with a slingshot and brace, were in an air mail parcel from the US declared as containing clothes and literature and destined for a Sydney address. Mr Janeczko said the attempt to smuggle the potentially undetectable and prohibited weapons posed "a dangerous new threat''. But despite claims by their American suppliers that the knives were "practically undetectable to modern security devices'', customs officers had been able to find them with specialised equipment, Mr Janeczko said. They were discovered during x-ray screening at Australia Post's Sydney Gateway Facility at Clyde, in Sydney's west. Mr Janeczko said no arrests had yet been made in connection with the offence, which carries a maximum penalty of $275,000 and/or 10 years' imprisonment. I wonder why someone would want such knives. |
| Posted by:Phil_B |
| #8 Sharpened credit cards can be a threat, too. Good luck on containing that one. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-03-27 19:40 |
| #7 Australia? When knives are outlawed, only outlaws will have knives.... |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2008-03-27 15:14 |
| #6 I have one of those "Plastic" knives (Executive letter opener), it's a carbon composite and quite strong, not particularly sharp, but it should do the job, I've not tried to take it anywhere unacceptable, but it would probably go undetected at most of the scanners (Such as the Courthouse) That rely on finding metal. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-03-27 14:53 |
| #5 The addressee wasn't named MOhamhead by any chance was he? anyone seen my porcine knife? |
| Posted by: RD 2008-03-27 12:42 |
| #4 The addressee wasn't named MOhamhead by any chance was he? |
| Posted by: Betty Pheanter9729 2008-03-27 12:21 |
| #3 Spotted any Lexan guns? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-03-27 12:20 |
| #2 I have an Kyocera chef's knife. It is an amazing piece of work. It is the sharpest knife I've ever used and it holds an edge like noting I've seen. But it is brittle and you must treat it gently. |
| Posted by: Formerly Dan 2008-03-27 12:14 |
| #1 For some years now, there have been advanced ceramic knives that are just amazingly sharp, unfortunately also brittle. However if you put the spine in fiberglass, it would put a stainless scalpel to shame. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-03-27 09:28 |