The handgun was found in a bag that belonged Chad Wiegand of the Lanoka Harbor section of Lacey Township, police said.
Chad Wiegand, of Lanoka Harbor, pictured left, was arrested on Saturday at Newark airport after a loaded handgun was found in his carry-on luggage, authorities said. (Photos courtesy of Port Authority police and TSA) NEWARK -- A New Jersey man who authorities said packed a loaded gun in his carry-on luggage was arrested this weekend at Newark Liberty International Airport.
Chad Wiegand, of the Lanoka Harbor section of Lacey Township, was charged with unlawful possession of a handgun and unlawful possession of hollow point bullets, according to Port Authority police spokesman Joe Pentangelo.
The Transportation Security Administration said an officer operating the X-ray machine at a security checkpoint on Saturday found the weapon in a zippered case inside a knapsack.
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Port Authority police who responded to the checkpoint in terminal B of the airport confiscated the .25 caliber handgun and arrested Wiegand, Pentangelo said. The gun was loaded with six hollow point rounds, Pentangelo said.
Wiegand was ticketed to fly to Hong Kong, according to the TSA, who said there was no impact to airport operations.
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