Oklahoma man stopped with loaded gun at Des Moines airport
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal transportation officials say an Oklahoma man was caught with a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag at an Iowa airport.
Television station KCCI reports the incident happened Nov. 24 at the Des Moines International Airport. Transportation Security Administration agents say a .380 caliber handgun loaded with six bullets, plus an additional 13 bullets, were found in the man’s carry-on bag at a security checkpoint. Des Moines police were called to the airport, and officers confiscated the gun and cited the man on suspicion of a weapons charge.
TSA officials say it was the sixth gun confiscated at the Des Moines International Airport in 2020. There were 12 guns found at the airport in 2019.
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