Chester County man arrested with gun at Philadelphia International Airport

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Monday, December 2, 2019
Chester County man arrested with gun at Philadelphia International Airport
Chester County man arrested with gun at Philadelphia International Airport. Watch this report from Action News at 4pm on December 2, 2019.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A Chester County man was arrested at Philadelphia International Airport for trying to bring a loaded gun onto a plane.

The incident happened on Sunday.

The TSA spotted the 9 millimeter inside the man's carry-on bag.

Officers confiscated the weapon, then called Philadelphia police who arrested him on a weapons violation charge.

The man's name has not been released.

The TSA says it was the 18th gun found in a carry-on this year in the United States.