Tiffany Stratton Reveals Why She Was Detained At Heathrow Airport

One of the toughest aspects of being a pro-wrestler is the relentless travel, made only worse when problems occur on the road, as Tiffany Stratton found out first hand.

Stratton appeared on WWE Deutschland’s Die Woche on Instagram Live when she was asked about bad travel experiences, with Tiffy noting she was once detained at London Heathrow Airport for carrying mace:

“I think I was in the UK. I think it was London Heathrow airport. So, I hope this doesn’t get me in trouble or anything but, I had Mace on me and… Mace is considered a firearm in the U.K. and I don’t know how but someone told me you can’t even travel with Mace in America but I was traveling with it like everywhere I went so, I got through TSA fine with my Mace in America. However, I went to London Heathrow and they found the Mace and basically they… I think they kind of detained me and they put me in a little corner and then a police officer had to come, it took like a whole hour. They asked me all these questions and eventually, they let me go, but I almost missed my flight. Everybody was waiting for me, with WWE, and it was kind of just such a mess and I was so scared that I was gonna get arrested and had to have stayed in the U.K. or something like that but, it all worked out, it was fine. They understand that, you know, Mace is considered a firearm in the U.K. but, not in America so, that is my craziest travel story… It was so intense though. It was so intense. It was like, ‘Nope, you gotta go over here. Don’t talk to anybody.’ It was very intense and crazy,” revealed Stratton.

Mace, pepper spray, CS spray, OC spray or even capsicum spray such as PAVA used by UK Police are all categorised as a prohibited weapons according to section 5 of the Firearms Act of 1968. Pepper sprays are categorised by the act as a weapon due to their irritant component which can cause harm.

H/T: Fightful

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