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Des Moines Airport TSA finds gun in Guthrie County Reserve Deputy’s carry-on bag

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October 27th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Police in Des Moines cited a Panora man Saturday, after an X-ray of his carry-on luggage at the Des Moines International Airport, revealed a handgun. According to KCCI, 35-year old Andrew Carson, a Guthrie County Sheriff’s Department Reserve Deputy was charged with an airport regulation violation after the scan revealed a loaded Glock 27 .40-caliber subcompact pistol, was in Carson’s carry-on bag.

Des Moines Police were called to the airport at around 2:45-p.m., Saturday. Carson told police he was leaving for Las Vegas on a work trip, and that he forgot to remove his backup service weapon from the bag. The gun was removed from the airport by police.