9kg lobster in luggage

THE Transportation Security Administration said a 9kg live lobster was spotted in a passenger’s luggage at Boston’s Logan International Airport.

TSA spokesman Michael McCarthy said the lobster, found Sunday in the passenger’s checked luggage at the airport’s Terminal C, was the “largest” he’d ever seen.

Mr McCarthy said the TSA did not prohibit transporting lobsters.

The TSA website says a live lobster is allowed through security but must be transported in a “clear, plastic, spill-proof container”.