RICHMOND, Va. — A Henrico County man was arrested after he was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at the Richmond International Airport checkpoint Sunday when the TSA officers detected a gun along with dozens of rounds of ammunition in his carry-on bag.
TSA officers detected the .22 caliber semi-automatic gun loaded with six rounds in the Sandston, Va., resident’s carry-on bag as he was passing through the airport checkpoint.
The TSA officer who was staffing the checkpoint X-ray machine detected the handgun inside the traveler’s carry-on bag as it passed along the conveyor belt. TSA officers also detected an additional magazine loaded with six more rounds and a pill case with 48 more bullets inside of it, all in the traveler’s carry-on bag.
TSA officers immediately contacted the Capital Region Airport Commission Police, which responded and took possession of the gun and ammunition and issued a summons to the man on a state weapons charge.
