I had to relinquish a decent bottle of Scotch going through airport security a few months ago. I forgot it was in my carry-on instead of my suitcase and, no liquids through security, so that was that.

A 64-year-old traveling through the Nuremberg airport decided on another option, downing a litre of vodka rather than hand it over to airport authorities.

Police said a doctor was called as the man was quickly unable to stand or otherwise function.