Sentences with phrase «gun smuggling operation»

More than a month after a Delta Airlines employee was arrested for his role in a gun smuggling operation, U.S. Rep. John Katko led a hearing — his first as chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security — examining internal security at airports nationwide.

Concerns about what security measures are in place for airline and airport employees were raised after the arrests that were made in the gun smuggling operation.

Katko said the hearing was held after authorities uncovered a gun smuggling operation.

Katko said he hopes the «glaring vulnerability» that was exposed in the gun smuggling operation and other incidents will be addressed.