WILKES-BARRE /SCRANTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT -- A loaded handgun was found inside a carry-on bag at the Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport on Monday.
A TSA officer spotted the gun in an x-ray machine during a checkpoint.
Avoca police responded, confiscated the gun, and questioned the man from Florida.
According to the TSA, airport operations were not affected.
This is the fourth time this year a gun was found at a security checkpoint at the airport near Avoca.