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Loaded Gun Found in Carry-on Bag at W-B/Scr International Airport

PITTSTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A loaded handgun was found inside a carry-on bag at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport on Tuesday. Officials say a T...

PITTSTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A loaded handgun was found inside a carry-on bag at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport on Tuesday.

Officials say a TSA officer spotted the gun in the checkpoint x-ray machine.

Police were called, the gun was confiscated, and a man from Jim Thorpe was taken in for questioning.

This was the third time this year TSA agents found a gun at the security checkpoint at the airport in Luzerne County.

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