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Woman Caught With Handgun at Virginia Airport

Norfolk International Airport

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A woman has been cited after officials say she tried to bring a loaded gun on a plane at the Norfolk International Airport.

Multiple media outlets report the incident happened Thursday morning.

Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein says the woman was passing through a security checkpoint when an X-ray machine detected the loaded .380-caliber handgun.

The woman was stopped, and TSA officers contacted airport police, who confiscated the gun.

The woman was issued a citation for a state weapons charge.

Farbstein says the woman was ticketed to fly to Newark.

The arrest did not affect airport operations.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.