(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of the Allegheny County Police Department)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A man from Cranberry Township is facing charges after police said a gun was found in his carry-on bag at Pittsburgh International Airport today. TSA officers found the loaded handgun in the passenger’s bag at the main security checkpoint and alerted Allegheny County Police. Police determined that the passenger, forty-three-year-old Garrett Beattie, did not have a valid concealed carry permit. He is charged with carrying a firearm without a license. The FBI was also notified about this incident. According to Allegheny County police, passengers who bring firearms into an airport security checkpoint can face federal civil fines from the Transportation Security Administration up to $10,000 and repeat offenders can also be fined up to $13,910.