MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLA. (WSVN) - Police have arrested a man for carrying a loaded firearm through a terminal at Miami International Airport.

Miami-Dade Police officers arrested 54-year-old Mauro Borin at the airport at around 10:35 p.m., Monday.

According to police, Borin went to Checkpoint J Central, an area of MIA that was clearly restricted to the public, with a carry-on bag that contained a loaded firearm.

Police located Borin and found the firearm in his carry-on bag upon their arrival.

Borin was arrested and charged with carrying a concealed firearm.

In bond court Tuesday, Borin advised that he was a tourist from Brazil who was visiting Miami with his wife on vacation and was returning to South America at the time of his arrest.

The judge set his bond at $2,500.

 

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