Transportation Security Administration (TSA) found a loaded firearm in a laptop bag during a security screening at Bradley International Airport Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) found a loaded gun in a laptop bag during a security screening at Bradley International Airport Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

During a search of the man’s laptop bag, Connecticut State Police said they found a loaded .9mm firearm with a chambered round. The Connecticut resident did not have a permit, police said.

“Our TSA officers once again prove why they are vital to airport security,” said William Csontos, TSA’s federal security director for Connecticut. “Passengers who are traveling with firearms need to ensure they declare them with the airline and that they are properly packed in their checked baggage.”

Officials said this was the third firearm detected at a Bradley Airport security checkpoint this year, adding that it is “still far below the nine detected in 2021.”

Overall, there have been 29 firearm detections at New England security checkpoints in 2022, including 20 at Boston Logan International Airport.

Of the 19 firearms detected in Boston’s airport this year, officials said 16 of them have been loaded.

“This marks the highest amount of firearm detections at BOS since 2018,” TSA said in a press release, adding that there were 21 firearms found at security in 2018.

“A typical first offense for carrying a loaded gun into a checkpoint is $4,100 and can go as high as $13,669 depending on any mitigating circumstances,” TSA said. “This applies to travelers with or without concealed gun carry permits because even though an individual may have a concealed carry permit, it does not allow for a firearm to be carried onto an airplane.”

Passengers, however, are permitted to travel with guns in checked baggage. The firearms must be “unloaded, packed separately from ammunition in a locked hardback case and declared at the airline check-in counter.”

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