A Yorktown man was cited by the police after Transportation Security Administration officers at Richmond International Airport caught him with a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag. The 9 mm handgun was loaded with 12 bullets, including one in the chamber. It was the third gun caught at the airport
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Virginia citizens who want to board an airplane for a domestic flight soon will need a star on their driver’s licenses, indicating that they are REAL ID-compliant, or they will need another form of federally approved identification. All travelers will need a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license or other
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Transportation Security Administration officers at Richmond International Airport prevented a Fredericksburg man from carrying a .25-caliber handgun loaded with seven bullets onto his flight Aug. 12. The gun was detected in the x-ray machine among the traveler’s carry-on items at the security checkpoint. It was the 11th weapon stopped
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Transportation Security Administration officers stopped the 20th gun at a Richmond International Airport checkpoint so far this year Nov. 28. Officials detected a .380 caliber handgun and a magazine loaded with nine bullets among a Florida man’s belongings as they entered the security checkpoint X-ray machine at the airport.
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Transportation Security Administration officers stopped the 17th gun of the year at a Richmond International Airport security checkpoint Nov. 1. The total extends the airport’s highest count of illegal guns since 2017 (when 18 were stopped), even though two months remain in the year and about 60% fewer travelers
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