Photo Courtesy of TSA
An Elmhurst resident was recently arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport after Transportation Security Administration officers detected a handgun concealed inside a DVD player, TSA officials announced on Thursday.
According to the agency, the passenger’s checked bag triggered an alarm in the security scanning equipment and the bag was pulled aside and opened to resolve the alarm. Officers spotted a DVD player inside the checked bag. Upon further inspection, TSA officers detected an unloaded 9mm handgun wrapped in aluminum foil that was hidden inside the DVD player.
TSA officials notified Port Authority Police of the discovery of the concealed weapon. Police tracked down the man, who was at the gate waiting for his flight to Mexico. Instead of catching his flight, the man was arrested and charged with weapons violations.
