PG County Woman Brings Loaded Gun To Airport: TSA

A Camp Springs woman was caught with a loaded handgun in her carry-on bag as she tried to board a flight at Baltimore-Washington International Thursgood Marshall Airport (BWI) on Friday, according to the Transportation Security Administration.

The woman was stopped with a .40 caliber handgun that was loaded with 10 bullets, including one in the chamber, TSA said in a report. TSA says the woman told them that she had forgotten the gun was on her.

"When the TSA officers spotted the gun in the checkpoint X-ray machine they contacted the Maryland Transportation Authority Police, who arrived at the checkpoint, confiscated the firearm and detained the woman for questioning before citing her on weapons charges and allowing her to catch her flight—minus the gun," the report states.

Passengers can travel with firearms, but they must be in checked package, properly packaged, and declared. They must also be unloaded and packed in a locked hard-sided cases and kept separately from ammunition.