Hatchet, homemade gun found in passenger’s carry-on bag at Maine airport

Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) officers in Maine discovered a home made firearm and hatchet Wednesday in a person’s carry-on baggage. 

Portland police seized the firearm after the passenger, who was not named, went via a safety checkpoint at Portland Worldwide Jetport, in keeping with the Bangor Day by day Information.

New England TSA spokesperson Daniel Velez shared pictures of the weapons on Twitter and used the hashtag “#Travelfail.”

“Yesterday @portlandjetport [and] @TSA officers detected this home made firearm in a person’s carry-on bag. In addition they discovered a hatchet within the bag. Portland Police responded and confiscated the firearm,” stated Velez, including that it was the third time this yr a firearm was detected on the jetport. 

Velez informed MassLive that the passenger was a 50-year-old man touring to Philadelphia and that the home made firearm seemed like a silver metallic pipe with a “cylindrical form” and varied holes in it. The merchandise additionally had a knob with a gap “protruding from one finish,” in keeping with the report. 

Though police confiscated the firearm, officers allowed the passenger to maintain the hatchet so long as he moved it into his checked baggage. 

TSA stated officers discovered a document variety of weapons—28—at safety checkpoints at Logan Worldwide Airport in 2022. The earlier document for weapons discovered at Logan was 20, set in 2018.

Earlier this month, TSA officers at Logan Airport stopped two vacationers who tried to convey loaded weapons via safety. Within the first incident on Dec. 8, a lady was issued a summons. Within the second incident, a day later, a person was arrested when he couldn’t present a allow.