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Fourth Gun Found At BWI Airport In Past Week; Virginia Man Arrested, TSA Says

Transportation Security Administration officials snagged a loaded handgun at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Wednesday, officials with the agency said it’s the fourth gun found at the airport in the  past week.

The gun, a .357 caliber handgun, was loaded.  TSA officers found it inside a Virginia man’s carry-on bag at a checkpoint.

The would be passenger, was arrested on weapons charges. Officials said he told them he forgot he had the gun with him.

So far in 2021, TSA officials have found five guns at BWI, including one last Thursday and two the following day.

In 2020 they found 13 total

Passengers can bring guns with them in checked baggage, but they must be unloaded, packed separately from ammunition and declared at the ticket counter. For more rules, click here.

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