The Cincinnati Enquirer

HEBRON - For the second time in less than a month, federal security screeners found a gun in a would-be passenger's possession at a checkpoint at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

Transportation Security Administration officials said screeners found a .25-caliber handgun in a woman's purse at 6:15 a.m. Thursday as she was trying to go through the checkpoint of the airport's Terminal 2.

TSA spokeswoman Suzanne Luber said the gun was loaded, but there was no round in the chamber.

Janette A. Adwani, 44, of Georgetown, Ohio, was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and taken to Boone County Detention Center.

Ms. Adwani was born in Amman, Jordan, and has been a U.S. resident for 17 years.

In his arrest report, airport police Officer Jeff Knauf said he believed the woman had made an honest mistake.

Another passenger was found with a handgun - in a sealed shoebox - during the Thanksgiving travel season. Overall, screeners found 816 prohibited items locally during last month's holiday rush.