The metal detector at Heathrow Airport triggered when a Ghanaian passenger who was travelling through Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom to Accra in Ghana opted to wear seven layers of clothing.
Upon investigation, turns out the passenger wanted to avoid paying for excess luggage charges for overweight items.
According to Ghana Report, he explained he had multiple layers of clothing on because of the cold weather, but the security said the excess luggage for an overweight charge was a possible reason. One of the clothing in the layers had a metal button and so the metal detector triggered. But the security officials could not immediately locate the metal button. When he was asked why he had three shirts on, his response was “It is the [cold] weather.”
