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TSA stops passenger with loaded gun at Cleveland Hopkins airport

The incident marked the eighth firearm detected by TSA agents at the airport this year.
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CLEVELAND -- Transportation Security Administration officers caught a passenger with a loaded gun at Cleveland Hopkins airport Monday.

The passenger was stopped in a TSA pre-check lane around 7:30 a.m. Officers detected the gun on an X-ray machine as the man passed through a checkpoint. The Seecamp .380 handgun was inside the man's carry-on bag.

Cleveland Police was notified.

The incident marked the eighth firearm detected by TSA agents at the airport this year. They found 19 last year.

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