The TSA has stopped two men trying to take loaded guns through LaGuardia Airport, Port Authority police said.
On Tuesday, Quashaun Hagler, 30, of Minnesota, was arrested for allegedly possessing a Glock semi-automatic .40 pistol with 30 rounds of ammunition, police said. It is not known where he was heading.
Hours later, Timothy Green, 54, was trying to board a flight to Orlando when he was found to possess a loaded .38 revolver, police said. It was allegedly found in Green's bag as it was moving down the security conveyor belt.
TSA Public Affairs spokesperson Lisa Farbstein in a tweet that TSA officers had stopped a Florida man with a loaded gun at a LaGuardia Airport checkpoint on Tuesday.
Both men were charged with criminal possession of a weapon.
The catch followed a similar incident at LaGuardia on June 30, where a Newtown, Connecticut man was found with an unloaded gun in his carry-on bag.
And on Monday at Newark Airport, a man was arrested after TSA agents found an unloaded handgun concealed in the lining of his suitcase, officials said.
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TSA regulations allow travelers to travel with firearms in checked baggage as long as they are unloaded and properly packed in a locked, hard-sided case. All weapons must also be declared with paperwork.
