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The 9-year-old mastermind who tricked TSA and hopped on a flight to Las Vegas with no ticket might have known just who he was going to see.

According to the Daily Mail, the child, who was discovered by suspicious flight attendants, told Las Vegas police that he was meeting a “video game buddy” who lived in the city.

Too. Damn. Grown.

If you recall, the 9-year-old boy made his way to Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport by himself, slipped through three security checkpoints, grabbed a bag from a luggage carousal as not to look suspicious and hopped the flight to Vegas. Oh…but not before eating at an airport restaurant and ditching the bill by saying he had to use the restroom.

Clever. But the incident is revealing some major gaps in airport security.

As for the boy’s parents, they weren’t even aware that he had been missing. In fact, they told police that they “hadn’t seen much of him today” when officers arrived at the missing child’s residence. He is now in protective custody in Las Vegas and his mother, who works at the airport, is being investigated for her possible involvement in her son’s joyride.

But that’s not the end of the story. Turns out this ambitious 9-year-old has already had many run-ins with the law.

Only last week the boy stole a utility vehicle from downtown Minneapolis and made it onto the motorway before he was pulled over.

He also has a history of playing truant and sneaking into a local water park without paying entry.

This year alone he has been the subject of four child protection assessments. Which means someone might need to have a conversation with his parents about…well…parenting.

SOURCE: Daily Mail | PHOTO CREDIT: Getty