Queenstown Airport Security confiscates jars of chutney and jelly, spoils the holidays of American family

#Queenstown #applejelly #chutney #NewZealand #carryonluggage An American family had their bottles of jelly and chutney confiscated at Queenstown Airport by the security. The family was passing through security screening before a flight to Sydney when the condiments were confiscated from their carry-on baggage. The reason assigned was that the items were deemed a ''gel'' under aviation security rules.
The items were a jar of apple jelly and two jars of cherry chutney that they had purchased at a store in Cromwell. This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 20 April 2015.

The items should have been packed in their luggage and not put in the handbags as carry-on baggage. The family was Hong-Kong-based and the incident has spoiled their holidays. In their opinion, the rules are heavy-handed and security staff should have the discretion to pass items that do not pose a threat to safety.
However the Aviation Security Service (Avsec) have remarked that the rules have been in place for years and are also clearly communicated to passengers. These rules that impose ban on liquids, aerosols and gels in quantities of more than 100ml from carry-on luggage on international flights had been in place since 2007. The rules have always covered food products.

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Auckland girl sweet talks thief to return stolen mobile phone

#auckland #christchurch #dunedin #ToyotaCorolla #sweettalk A girl of Auckland has managed to sweet talk a thief to have a change of heart and return the stolen mobile phones. The girls were students of University of Otago and the thief had stolen their handbags from a carpark in Christchurch carpark this month. But, they sweet talked the thief to return the stolen phones.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 26 March 2015.

They had gone to Christchurch to attend the 21st birthday party of a friend and had left their possessions in a locked car while they went to visit the New Brighton Pier on their way back to Dunedin on Sunday, March 15. When they returned to their Toyota Corolla car they discovered that someone had picked the lock.
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The thief agreed and warned – next time, take the handbag along with you.

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#mohamedMorsi #Egypt #AsmaaHamdy #handbags Her name is Asmaa Hamdy and she was a supporter of Mohamed Morsi, former President of Egypt. She was imprisoned for a period of five years for protesting during the unrest flowing the ouster of Morsi and she is spending her time behind bars knitting and selling handbags.
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