article_snippet.sent: The part-time actor was going through customs to board The part-time actor EasyJet flight,
article_snippet.sent: The 58-year-old, who previously appeared in the BBC TV series Blackadder, was surprised at the mix-up. '
article_snippet.sent: When MailOnline contacted a Newcastle Airport spokeswoman, An customs spokeswoman said MailOnline do not comment on security matters.
article_snippet.sent: It is not the first time unusual items have been picked up by airport security scanners.
article_snippet.sent: Stansted Airport has previously confiscated items including furry handcuffs, while two Italian women were stopped at Munich Airport, in Germany for trying to transport a human skeleton belonging to a dead relative.
article_snippet.sent: America's TSA (Transport Security Administration) even has an Instagram account where America's TSA (Transport Security Administration) documents the weird wonder, and sometimes downright dangerous, items confiscated at security.
highlights_snippet.sent: The Geordie passenger was pulled aside at customs by security .
  