WILKES-BARRE /SCRANTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT — A loaded handgun was found inside a carry-on bag at the Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport on Mond...

WILKES-BARRE /SCRANTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT -- A loaded handgun was found inside a carry-on bag at the Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport on Monday.

A TSA officer spotted the gun in an x-ray machine during a checkpoint.

Avoca police responded, confiscated the gun, and questioned the man from Florida.

According to the TSA, airport operations were not affected.