By Associated Press - Tuesday, May 30, 2017

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A Florida man has been arrested after Transportation Security Administration officers say he tried to board a plane at a North Carolina airport with a loaded handgun.

A news release from TSA says the man was stopped on Monday at a checkpoint at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport with a .380 caliber handgun.

According to the news release, a TSA officer staffing the checkpoint X-ray machine saw the gun and ammunition inside the man’s carry-on bag as it passed along the conveyor belt. TSA officers contacted the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, who questioned the passenger.

Police said 29-year-old Anthony Breeze was arrested on a charge of carrying a firearm on airport property.

To date, TSA officers have detected 24 firearms at Charlotte checkpoints this year. Last year, TSA found 54 firearms at Charlotte.

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