Customs Office are located at the airport, enabling international inbound and outbound shipments. The international designation is for being an official port of entry and having a customs service. The Quad City International Airport is the third-busiest commercial airport in Illinois – Chicago's O'Hare and Midway International Airports respectively lead the state. It serves the Quad Cities area of Illinois and Iowa. It is owned by the Metropolitan Airport Authority. Quad City International Airport (IATA: MLI, ICAO: KMLI, FAA LID: MLI) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Moline, a city in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. This is the first firearm detected at MLI this year. TSA discovered 3,957 firearms at checkpoints across the nation last year and nearly 3,400 firearms in 2016. The number of firearms detected at the checkpoint continues to rise nationwide.
TSA continues to intercept firearms and other dangerous weapons at security checkpoints nationwide. In additional to criminal referrals, TSA imposes civil penalties ranging up to $9,800 for a single violation of a firearm brought to a security checkpoint. Individuals who bring firearms to security checkpoints are referred to law enforcement and may be subject to criminal penalties by local law enforcement. TSA reminds passengers that they are solely responsible for the content of bags brought to the airport checkpoint.
The 37-year-old male passenger was arrested by police on a local charge. When discovered, TSA immediately notified local law enforcement who responded to the checkpoint to interview the individual and take possession of the firearm. TSA officers spotted the firearm in an Atlanta-bound passenger’s carry-on luggage as it was screened at the checkpoint.
The 9 mm HK-Heckler & Koch USP firearm was discovered Sunday, April 22. – TSA officers at the Quad City International Airport (MLI) discovered a firearm at the security checkpoint Sunday evening.
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