Man with loaded gun in carry-on bag arrested at Newark airport on Thanksgiving - CBS News
An unidentified man was arrested by police on Thanksgiving Day after he was found with a loaded gun in his carry-on luggage at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. .The man, who was from Delaware County, Pennsylvania, was carrying a 9mm handgun, loaded with 13 bullets, including one in the chamber, according to a press release Friday from the Transportation Security Administration.Thomas Carter, TSA federal security director for New Jersey, said that arrest showed the vigilance of TSA officers. ."Getting caught with and arrested for carrying a loaded gun at our airport means this individual had a pretty bad Thanksgiving," he said in the organization's press release.The suspect is the third passenger to have been arrested this month at Newark airport for carrying a gun in "accessible property." It's the 14th such case at the airport in 2022.