Security at Los Angeles International Airport stopped a traveler from bringing “a surprising number of prohibited items” on a Philadelphia-bound flight, including dozens of fireworks and multiple weapons, officials said.

The incident unfolded at about 10 p.m. on Dec. 15 when Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers flagged a woman who had put her carry-on bag through the x-ray machine at Terminal 4, the agency said.

The TSA officer “was shocked” to find that the bag contained “82 consumer grade fireworks, three knives, two replica firearms and one canister of pepper spray,” according to a TSA statement on Friday.

It wasn’t immediately clear if the traveler was arrested or barred from boarding her flight to Philadelphia.

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