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TSA Thought They Were Just Taking Fake IDs, but Some of Them Were Just Tyler, The Creator Merch

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TSA confiscates items every day. They love taking food and drinks that are deemed too unsafe to carry onto a flight. Items that they believe are unlawful and illegal are the first to go when combing through your luggage. People even try to smuggle IDs to make it where they need to go. However, even they make mistakes. So when a group of people brought Tyler, The Creator merch, TSA agents thought it was more fake IDs coming through the system.

In a post from the US Transportation Security Administration online, they shared pictures of IDs and Tyler’s merch side by side. They stemmed from his Call Me If You Get Lost era, where the rapper and producer had travel IDs with his face on them. Labeled “Permanent License of Travel” for the........

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