An Atlanta airline baggage handler suspected of helping smuggle firearms onto passenger jets to New York City has been arrested by federal agents, authorities said on Monday. A FBI affidavit said there was enough evidence to charge Delta ramp agent Eugene Harvey, 31, with trafficking firearms, violating airport security and aiding others in the scheme. Former Delta employee Mark Quentin Henry, who was fired in 2010, was arrested in New York on December 10 in a weapons trafficking investigation after an undercover agent bought a gun from one of his accomplices, according to the affidavit filed on Dec. 19. Scroll down for video
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Eugene Harvey, 31, is suspected of helping smuggle firearms onto Delta passenger jets bound for New York City from Atlanta
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He has been charged with trafficking firearms, violating airport security and aiding others in the scheme
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Former Delta employee Mark Henry was also arrested in New York earlier this month in the weapons trafficking investigation
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Authorities confiscated a backpack that contained a smaller bag with 18 handguns and ammunition inside
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