The Transportation Security Administration caught a man attempting to go through security with a loaded .45 semi-automatic firearm in his carry-on luggage yesterday morning.
The gun had seven bullets in the clip and one in the chamber.
The man, a Stamford, Connecticut resident, is the first person arrested at a New York airport for possession of a firearm at a security checkpoint, TSA reported.
Port Authority Police, who regularly patrol JFK Airport, confiscated the gun and arrested the man on a state weapons charge.
The man was booked on a flight bound for Cancun.
In 2012, TSA assessed $3.7 million in civil penalties for firearms discovered in carry-on baggage.The Transportation Security Administration caught a man attempting to go through security with a loaded .45 semi-automatic firearm in his carry-on luggage yesterday morning.
The gun had seven bullets in the clip and one in the chamber.
The
man, a Stamford, Connecticut resident, is the first person arrested at a
New York airport for possession of a firearm at a security checkpoint,
TSA reported.
Port Authority Police, who regularly patrol JFK Airport, confiscated the gun and arrested the man on a state weapons charge.
The man was booked on a flight bound for Cancun.
In 2012, TSA assessed $3.7 million in civil penalties for firearms discovered in carry-on baggage.
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