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BALTIMORE – Transportation Security Administration officers at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport detected an air-to-ground missile tube in a man’s checked luggage early this morning, July 29.
TSA officers immediately contacted airport police who tracked down the traveler and detained him for questioning. The man, a resident of
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Military weapons are not permitted in checked or carry-on bags.
Fortunately the item was not a live device. It was confiscated and handed over to the state fire marshal for safe disposal. The man was permitted to catch his flight.