ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — The Transportation Security Administration says a Bedford County man was prevented from bringing a loaded gun onto an airplane when security officers caught him with it at a checkpoint at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport.

The TSA says the man was stopped on Monday.

The TSA says the man possessed a.40 caliber handgun that was loaded with 15 rounds. The TSA officer who was staffing the checkpoint X-ray machine detected the handgun inside the traveler’s carry-on bag as it passed along the conveyor belt. She immediately notified airport police.

The police responded to the checkpoint and confiscated the firearm. There was no impact to airport operations. Approximately 1,000 people fly out of the airport per day.

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