A man trying to get through airport security in Pennsylvania was discovered to be smuggling a small turtle in his pants.

NEWARK, N.J. – When it comes to airport security, it's probably best to leave reptiles at home. Or, at the very least, in a ...

An officer conducting a pat-down on the man man figured out he was hiding somethin in the groin area of his pants.

When asked if there was something hidden in his pants, the man, a resident of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, reached in and pulled out a live turtle wrapped in a small blue towel. He told officials ...

A Pennsylvania man traveling through the airport triggered an alarm ... The Port Authority told Gothamist on Tuesday that the turtle was given over to Newark Animal Control.

He added, “As best as we could tell, the turtle was not harmed by the man’s actions.” PEOPLE has contacted Newark Liberty International Airport and Port Authority Police for further comment.

A Pennsylvania man was caught with a turtle hidden in his pants ... an alarm in the area of the man’s groin at Newark Liberty International Airport last week, the agency says.

"As best as we can tell, the turtle was not harmed by the man’s actions," a TSA official said after an East Stroudsburg man hid the animal in his pants.

NEWARK, N.J. — A man from Monroe County was caught with a turtle concealed in his pants ... TSA body scanner at Newark Liberty International Airport when the scanner triggered an alarm in ...