BOSTON (WHDH) - Transportation Security Administration officers prevented a Massachusetts man from carrying a loaded gun onto an airplane at Boston’s Logan Airport last week, officials said.
An officer detected a loaded 9mm firearm with a bullet chambered along with a magazine containing ten rounds in a 48-year-old man’s backpack on Friday afternoon, according to the TSA.
The man, whose name has not been released, was escorted out of the security checkpoint.
A typical first offense for carrying a loaded handgun into a checkpoint is $4,100 and can go as high as $13,669, the TSA noted.
There have been 12 firearms detected at Logan security checkpoints in 2021.
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