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U.S. Capitol Police Arrest Man For Trying To Bring Machete Inside Visitor Center

The incident comes as security has been beefed up around the Capitol.

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U.S. Capitol Police arrested and charged a man on Wednesday afternoon for trying to bring weapons inside the Visitor Center.

The incident happened just hours before President-elect Donald Trump is set to arrive at the Capitol to pay his respects to the late former President Jimmy Carter, who died last week.

Police officers stopped that man just after 2 p.m. after he “tried to get a machete into the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC),” USCP said in a statement.

“During security screening at the CVC’s north doors, our officers spotted a machete in the man’s bag, stopped the x-ray machine, arrested the man, and secured the machete,” police said.

Police added that they also found three additional knives in his bag.

“The man is being arrested for multiple charges of Carrying a Dangerous Weapon,” they said.

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