TSA confiscated a revolver and five knives from a Cumberland County man July 30. (Courtesy: TSA Philadelphia International Airprt)SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - Three guns and five knives were confiscated at Philadelphia International Airport security checkpoints in five days, the Transportation Security Administration announced.July 30th, TSA officers recovered a revolver and five knives from a Millville, New Jersey man, prior to boarding a flight.
The man received a citation by police.An Eagles Mere, Sullivan County man was arrested on August 2nd, by police, after TSA stopped him with a 9 mm handgun while accompanying his young daughter to her gate.
He had been issued a gate pass from his daughter’s airline, but was stopped, due to the firearm.TSA discovered an unloaded 9 mm handgun a Reading woman was carrying on August 3rd.
She was cited by police.Philadelphia Police are always notified when TSA find guns in the checkpoint X-Ray machines. Police will then confiscate and detain those people carrying the weapons, before either citing them or arresting them."Three guns in five days is an epidemic.