Loaded Gun Seized at BWI Checkpoint

Security workers at BWI Airport last week arrested a Lancaster man after reportedly finding a loaded gun in his carry-on bag. 

The Transportation Security Administration said officers detected the loaded gun at a security checkpoint on August 8. They immediately contacted the Maryland Transportation Authority Police, who confiscated a .380 caliber gun loaded with five rounds. Officers also confiscated a magazine loaded with six rounds. 

The man, a resident of Washington Boro, PA, was arrested on a state weapons charge. He was initially scheduled to fly to Las Vegas. 

Firearms are not permitted to be carried in carry-on luggage but can be transported in checked luggage if they are unloaded, properly stored and properly declared. 

The TSA publishes a weekly list of seized firearms on its blog.