A man identified as Adam Joseph Wells, 33 of Clover was cited after federal officers found a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag at the Charlotte airport, according to the Transportation Security Administration.
The weapon, a loaded .9 mm Smith & Wesson in the man’s carry-on bag as it passed along the conveyor belt in the checkpoint’s X-ray machine was found Thursday morning at a checkpoint in the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport according to the release.
Police responded and questioned the man, who was cited on a local charge of carrying a weapon on airport property. Officers have detected 36 firearms at Charlotte airport checkpoints this year, according to the TSA.