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Man stopped at Norfolk airport checkpoint with loaded gun

Posted at 1:23 PM, Apr 20, 2017
and last updated 2017-04-20 13:23:51-04

Gun spotted at ORF TSA checkpoint

NORFOLK, Va. – A man with a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Norfolk International Airport Thursday morning.

The man, a resident of Virginia Beach, was stopped by TSA officers who spotted the .45 caliber handgun loaded with six bullets as it was going through the checkpoint x-ray machine.

TSA officers contacted Norfolk Airport Authority Police, who responded to the checkpoint.

Passengers are permitted to travel with firearms in checked baggage if they are unloaded, packed in a hard-side case, locked, and packed separately from ammunition. Then the firearm must be taken to the airline check-in counter and declared.

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