According to Reuters, the American police said that a guy who claimed to want to deliver documents to the Supreme Court next to the Capitol building was detained on Wednesday after officers discovered three guns in his truck.
According to a statement from the Congress Police, Tony Payne, 80, of Tanil Hill, Georgia, was detained on suspicion of smuggling weapons into the Capitol.
Two occupants in the truck were stopped by the police but were not detained.
At around 3:45 p.m. local time, Congress police officers observed a white automobile making an unauthorised stop close to the US Supreme Court building. When they approached, the three passengers said they were there to present paperwork to the court.
According to the police, Payne told the cops that the truck contained weapons, and during the search, two handguns, a gun, tube, and ammunition packs were discovered.
Numerous people are detained each year for bringing firearms to Congress, she continued.
A man was arrested in the vicinity of the US Congress building .. He is armed.
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