Airport Traveler Caught with Gun, Arrested

Tam Nguyen

Shortly before 1:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, Sheriff’s deputies assigned to the Airport Division responded to a security check point in Terminal B at the Sacramento International Airport. During a screening process, personnel from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) believed that a passenger was carrying what appeared to be a firearm in his personal backpack.

A search of the passenger’s property revealed a loaded handgun located at the bottom of his backpack, along with several rounds of live ammunition in a magazine.

The passenger, identified as 49-year old Tam Nguyen, was arrested without incident. Nguyen was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on charges including unlawful possession of a loaded, concealed firearm, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Nguyen, who is being held on $60,000 bail, is expected to be arraigned later this week.