Crime & Safety
2 Guns Caught At Philly International Airport In 2 Days: TSA
Guns were caught at security checkpoints on Sept. 24 and Sept. 25 in the bags of a Montgomery County woman and a Florida man, TSA said.
PHILADELPHIA — TSA officers at the Philadelphia International Airport intercepted two firearms in two days' time last week.
On Tuesday, Sept. 24, a firearm was intercepted when the checkpoint X-ray unit alerted a TSA officer of the gun inside a man's carry-on bag.
Police responded to the checkpoint, confiscated the firearm and issued the man, of Florida, a criminal citation.
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TSA said it will also likely issue him a Federal financial civil penalty, which could cost him thousands of dollars.
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Then the next day, a Montgomery County woman was found with a gun in her carry-on bag.
A TSA checkpoint X-ray unit alerted an officer of the gun inside her carry-on bag. Police responded to the checkpoint, confiscated the firearm and issued the woman, a resident of Norristown, a criminal citation.
As with the Florida man, TSA will likely issue her a Federal financial civil penalty.
As of Sept. 26, TSA has found 31 firearms at the Philadelphia International Airport this year.
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