LA Customs Frisk GI Joe

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http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...070123,00.html

Security officers at Los Angeles Airport have confiscated a gun in a security scare - from a plastic toy soldier.

A British tourist told how over-zealous security staff confiscated the two-inch-long plastic rifle from a GI Joe toy soldier she was taking home as a gift for her grandson.

Judy Powell, 55, bought the doll in Las Vegas as a gift for George, seven, and packed it in her hand luggage