NE Ohio man arrested after guns, ammo wrapped in foil found in briefcase at airport

PITTSBURGH, Penn. (WJW) — A Youngstown man has been charged after a briefcase was found to contain guns, ammunition and cash at Pittsburgh International Airport Friday, the Allegheny County Police Department reported.

Police were called to the airport just after 8:30 p.m. after the onsite Transportation Security Administration discovered the guns nestled “inside a briefcase lined in roofing tape and sheet metal.” The briefcase itself was placed in another checked bag and police said the guns and ammo were wrapped in tin foil.

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Investigators learned the checked items belonged to 26-year-old Luis Rojas Cay. Police took him to Allegheny County Jail after it was discovered the Youngstown man is currently on probation and is not supposed to have firearms.

  • Photo courtesy Allegheny County Police Department/Facebook
    Photo courtesy Allegheny County Police Department/Facebook
  • Photo courtesy Allegheny County Police Department/Facebook
    Photo courtesy Allegheny County Police Department/Facebook

The weapons were confiscated and Cay was charged with “persons not to possess a firearm and carrying a firearm without a license,” police said.

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