AUSTIN TX June 13 2013 -- Police arrested two men in separate incidents June 10 for bringing guns into Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
An arrest affidavit says Transportation Security Administration agents found a pistol inside the bag of 61-year-old Lowell Smith of Burnet.
Hours later, they arrested 49-year-old David Shimek, after finding a semi-automatic handgun in his carry-on bag.
Both men told authorities they had forgotten they had the guns in their luggage.
Bringing a gun into the airport is a third degree felony.
source-khou
An arrest affidavit says Transportation Security Administration agents found a pistol inside the bag of 61-year-old Lowell Smith of Burnet.
Hours later, they arrested 49-year-old David Shimek, after finding a semi-automatic handgun in his carry-on bag.
Both men told authorities they had forgotten they had the guns in their luggage.
Bringing a gun into the airport is a third degree felony.
source-khou