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Man With Hidden Knife Wrapped To Arm Stopped At Philadelphia Airport: TSA
Transportation Security Administration officials said they seized a box cutter that a traveler had secreted in a bandage wrapped around their arm over the weekend at Philadelphia International Airport. The unidentified traveler was flagged by TSA's screening process and then "self-reported" the utility knife concealed in their wrapped hand, said security officials. The traveler first told TSA they only "stored" the blade there, then "palmed the blame off on their spouse and insisted the mistake was a joint effort," according to authorities. View this p…
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Two Holiday Travelers Caught With Loaded Guns At Philly Airport, TSA Says
Two travelers were arrested in two separate instances for trying to bring loaded guns onto their flights at Philadelphia International Airport on Thursday, authorities say. A woman from Phoenixville was found with a .38 caliber revolver loaded with two rounds in her carry-on bag at a security checkpoint on Dec. 22, Transportation Security Administration officials said in a release. Sometime later, a man from Bel Air, Maryland was caught with a loaded 9mm handgun in his backpack, the agency added. Both guns were spotted via the X-ray scanner, TSA wrote. Security guards contacted…
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Flyer Seized With Six Gun Stashed In Suitcase Said She Didn't Know It Was There: Newark TSA
A traveler at Newark Airport claimed she didn't know she had a .38 Special stashed behind the lining of her suitcase, authorities said. The loaded revolver was "artfully" concealed in the Orange, NJ, woman's carry-on, Transportation Security Administration Spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said. A TSA officer staffing a checkpoint X-ray monitor alerted Port Authority police, who seized the six shooter and the woman, Farbstein said. It was the 11th gun picked off at a Newark TSA checkpoint so far this year, she said. “This is a fine example of how we use the technology available to us to…
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Lebanon County Man Caught With Revolver At Airport In Pennsylvania: TSA
A man from Lebanon County was caught trying to bring a revolver onto an airplane in his carryon bag while at Harrisburg International Airport on Sunday, Apr. 17, according to a release by the Transportation Security Administration. A TSA officer spotted the revolver in the checkpoint X-ray machine, police were alerted, and the weapon was confiscated, according to the release. TSA issued the man "a federal financial civil penalty," as stated in the release. “It is always disappointing when we see travelers bring their guns to our security checkpoints,” said Karen Keys-Turner, TSA’s Federal…
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TSA At Newark Nabs NYC Traveler With Gun In His Carry-On
TSA officers at Newark Airport nabbed a New York City man trying to carry a gun aboard a flight on Thursday, authorities said. "The gun was spotted inside the man’s carry-on bag by a TSA officer who was staffing the checkpoint X-ray monitor," said Lisa Farbstein of the Transportation Security Administration in Washington, DC. Port Authority seized the 10-shot 9mm SCCY CPX-2 pistol and took the man into custody, Farbstein said. "This is nothing new,” said Thomas Carter, the TSA’s federal security director for New Jersey. "It’s 2022 and the law regarding the prohibition of guns in airplanes…
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