Maryland Woman Faces Hefty Fine After TSA Seizes Loaded Gun at Airport on Christmas Eve
Published on December 27, 2023
Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Virginia’s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport confiscated a loaded handgun from a woman attempting to take it onto a flight on Christmas Eve, according to officials. The unidentified woman, from Bethesda, Maryland, had packed the 9mm gun loaded with six bullets in her carry-on bag, the agency said in a news release. X-ray machines at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which is located in Arlington County, discovered the gun as the woman walked through the security checkpoint, TSA said. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police confiscated the gun and cited the woman on a weapons charge....