Antique Gun Seized At Newark Airport, Verona Man Arrested: Police

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Police arrested a Verona resident at Newark Airport on Thursday after finding a loaded antique gun in his carry-on bag, authorities said.

A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer detected the handgun as the man’s carry-on items entered the checkpoint x-ray machine, the agency reported.

Port Authority police soon arrived at the Terminal C checkpoint, confiscated the firearm and arrested the man, authorities said.

The traveler also faces a stiff federal financial civil penalty for bringing a gun to a security checkpoint. The penalty for bringing a weapon to a TSA checkpoint can cost as much as $15,000, depending on the circumstances, authorities said.

Here’s what to know about transporting guns on an airplane, according to the TSA:

“Guns can be transported on a flight if they are unloaded, packed in a locked, hard-sided case and declared to the airline. The airline will be sure that the gun travels with checked baggage in the belly of the plane, never in the cabin of the plane. Additionally, replica firearms also are prohibited in carry-on baggage and also must be transported in checked luggage.”

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