PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at JFK International Airport intercepted a Montgomery County man with a loaded gun on Thursday.
According to TSA, officers found a loaded .38 caliber revolver in the man’s backpack. They detected it when it went through the X-ray unit.
The man said he did not know the gun was in his carry-on, TSA said.
The man, of Evansburg, Pennsylvania, was arrested on weapons charges. He also faces a hefty fine of up to $15,000. TSA did not identify him.
This was the second gun TSA detected at JFK International so far in 2023.
Last year, TSA detected 6,542 firearms at airport checkpoints nationwide. Eighty-eight percent of those guns were loaded.
TSA seized a record number of guns — 44 — at Philadelphia International Airport in 2022.
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