article_snippet: Airport officials have revealed that throwing knives, samurai swords and even a grenade launcher were among the 300 illegal weapons seized at Perth Airport, in only the last two months.
article_snippet: Figures released by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service state that over 30 real and imitation firearms were seized from airline passengers.
article_snippet: Authorities say that people must be starting to understand these kinds of weapons won't be let into the country after these kinds of weapons saw a drastic decrease in the number of weapons seized from 2013 to 2014.
article_snippet: Last year 1,318 illegal weapons were discovered, a significant drop from the 3,075 seized in 2013.
article_snippet: Assistant Minister for Imm­igration and Border Protection, Michaelia Cash, told Perth Now that it's overseas vendors that are to blame for selling the weapons to Australians under the guise Australians will make it across the border.
article_snippet: Authorities say Australians are being deceived by international vendors who lead Australians to believe the weapons will make the weapons home . '
article_snippet: In an annual report, by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service was found that the number of undeclared handguns detected by customs had skyrocketed by 60 per cent.
highlights_snippet: Over 300 illegal weapons have been seized from Perth Airport since January 1 .
  
highlights_snippet: The number of weapons brought into Australia decreased in 2014 compared to 2013 .
  