Norwegian rockers TurboNegro have been arrested at Stuttgart airport for arms smuggling.
The six-piece where heading from Germany back to Oslo when the authorities noticed an 18 inch knife on the x-ray machine. Police immediately swooped.
A spokesperson said: "The band tried to explain that it was a stage-prop used by Hank. It was held inside a cane and the cane was inside a guitar case. But they were having none of it. When the police asked who it belonged to, the band said it was all of them."
The police refused to arrest the entire band. Eventually Trond took the blame and was taken to the local police station. He was released some time later after paying a fine.
Happy Tom said: "What's the world coming to when men in long black hair and long black beards can't bring an 18 inch dagger onto planes anymore."