King George, Virginia man faces $15,000 fine after TSA agents find loaded handgun in carry-on bag at checkpoint.
A King George, Virginia man told Transportation Security Administration officers at Reagan National Airport that a loaded handgun discovered in his carry-on baggage was put there by his wife, blaming her for the mishap last week.
TSA said the man blamed his wife, saying she packed his carry-on bag, and he did not know the gun was inside. The X-ray unit alerted an item in the man’s carry-on bag, which turned out to be a loaded hand-gun was loaded.Busch continued, saying when people start with an empty bag, there are no chances that an illegal item makes its way inside the bag, like what happened to the man from King George, Virginia.
The man was given a citation and faces a civil penalty from TSA after the loaded gun was located and confiscated.The TSA said the locked hard case must be checked in with the airline at the check-in counter.
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