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.
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