WEST PALM BEACH (USA): The driver of a van carrying members of the White House press pool was briefly detained outside Mar-a-Lago Monday after a security screening turned up a gun in his personal baggage.
The US Secret Service confirmed the incident but said it was resolved once it was determined that the driver was in "lawful possession" of the weapon.
"At no time was any Secret Service protectee in danger or impacted," it said in a statement.
US President Donald Trump is spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago estate, although reporters have not seen him since Friday when he visited injured victims of the mass shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school.
A 19-year-old armed with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle killed 17 people during Wednesday's rampage, which has reignited calls for changes in permissive US gun laws.
A security check in a parking lot across the street from Mar-a-Lago turned up a gun in the driver's baggage, according to a White House pool report.
The driver said he had forgotten to leave the weapon in his car, the report said.
He was then replaced by a White House staffer, who drove the press van when it joined Trump's motorcade about an hour later on the ride to the Trump International Golf Club, the report said.