Woman arrested in Norfolk for gun in airport terminal
Posted: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 11:27:35
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A woman has been cited after officials say she tried to bring a loaded gun on a plane at the Norfolk International Airport.
Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein says the woman was passing through a security checkpoint when an X-ray machine detected the loaded .380-caliber handgun.
The woman was stopped, and TSA officers contacted airport police, who confiscated the gun.
The woman was issued a citation for a state weapons charge.
Farbstein says the woman was ticketed to fly to Newark.
The arrest did not affect airport operations.
Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein says the woman was passing through a security checkpoint when an X-ray machine detected the loaded .380-caliber handgun.
The woman was stopped, and TSA officers contacted airport police, who confiscated the gun.
The woman was issued a citation for a state weapons charge.
Farbstein says the woman was ticketed to fly to Newark.
The arrest did not affect airport operations.