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Man arrested for trying to carry a loaded gun through BWI security checkpoint

Man arrested for trying to carry a loaded gun through BWI security checkpoint
Posted at 11:32 AM, Jan 12, 2018
and last updated 2018-01-12 11:32:55-05

A man from Georgia was arrested at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on Thursday after he was caught trying to carry a loaded handgun through security.

The .380 caliber gun loaded with eight bullets was in the man's carry-on and TSA security officers spotted it when the bag wen through the x-ray machine.

The seizure was the first gun caught at the airport this year.