A Singaporean family’s holiday to Guangzhou was heroically intercepted by airport security after a seven-year-old insurgent attempted to board with a lethal piece of hollow plastic.

The miniature terrorist successfully neutralised $3,000 of his parents' savings, proving that a toy gun is the ultimate weapon for total financial destruction.

While the victims pleaded for mercy, auxiliary police officers performed the vital task of filling out paperwork with the urgency of a hibernating snail.

"Wah lau, the officer check the toy like checking for nuclear bomb leh, until plane fly away also haven't finish," noted one disgruntled eyewitness.

The parents eventually bought new tickets, confirming that in Singapore, play-pretend carries a higher financial penalty than actual criminal negligence.