PHILADELPHIA – A New Jersey woman was arrested after TSA agents found a handgun in her carry-on luggage at Philadelphia International Airport last week.
According to the TSA, the gun was found on Thursday, August 15.
A woman from Pitman, New Jersey, was arrested by police at Philadelphia International Airport after TSA officers discovered a .22 caliber handgun among her carry-on luggage at one of the airport’s security checkpoints.
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The firearm was intercepted when the x-ray unit at the checkpoint alerted a TSA officer to the weapon in the carry-on bag.
Police responded, confiscated the firearm and arrested the woman for possession of weapons.
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“Bringing a firearm to an airport security checkpoint creates an unnecessary safety risk for our officers and fellow travelers,” said Gerardo Spero, TSA’s federal airport security director. “We have no problems with people properly packing their firearms for a flight. Bringing a loaded handgun to our checkpoints is not the right way to do it. The right way is to place the unloaded gun in a locked hard-shell case. Then take the case to your airline’s check-in counter and explain that you plan to travel with it. The airline will arrange for it to be transported in the belly of the plane so no one has access to it during the flight. It’s a fairly simple process. Instead, that person will face a federal fine in addition to being arrested.”
As of August 15, the TSA found 27 firearms at Philadelphia International Airport.
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