Windsor Locks, Conn. ? A world-class competitive boomerang thrower faces a criminal charge after trying to bring boomerangs through a security checkpoint at Bradley International Airport.

Betsylew Ross Miale-Gix, 43, of Brier, Wash., was arrested Sunday after arguing with a security screener at the airport, state police said.

The screener had noticed the boomerangs inside Miale-Gix’s carryon luggage at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday and told her the items would have to be checked, state police said.

“A girl walked by us on the plane with two tennis rackets,” Miale-Gix said. “A tennis racket is much more dangerous on that plane than any of our boomerangs can ever be.”