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Further south, Turks & Caicos sentenced two of the tourists imprisoned there on ammunition possession charges.<\/p>\n
\nBryan Hagerich, a Somerset County, Pennsylvania resident, was released from custody on Friday and ordered to pay a $6,700 fine, according to a News Nation article.<\/p>\n
The island cracked down on firearms and weapons within the country after implementing harsher gun laws in 2022. This was emphasized in a September 2023 alert issued by the U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n
No ammunition, firearms or other weapons are not permitted in the Turks and Caicos. If a traveler is found with any of these items, they will have to serve a minimum sentence of 12 years, the embassy said.\u00a0 USA Today<\/a><\/p>\n
A<\/span>merican Tyler Wenrich was sentenced to three weeks in jail and fined Tuesday after he had pleaded guilty earlier this month to possession of ammunition while traveling to Turks and Caicos.<\/p>\n
The Virginia resident was fined $9,000, Kimo Tynes, the director of communications for the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands, said in a news statement. Since he had already served three weeks in jail, the court recognized it as time served so his prison sentence is complete, the release said.CNN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
While they seem to be prosecuting Americans, another article said they have arrested 170+ on these charges since the law was passed, and only a handful are Americans. None have received the full 12 year sentence.<\/p>\n
Not our country, not our rules. As a former business traveler, I have little sympathy – these cases have been headline news since at least December, yet people headed to T&C keep getting arrested. Ferchrissakes, people, when you are headed somewhere with laws like that, inspect your luggage! I know shooters who very carefully never fly with their range bags just because of the residue TSA might find. Entire rounds?\u00a0 It’s like they want to be arrested. (Disclaimer – at least one defendant traveled there on a cruise ship, so TSA might not be involved?)<\/p>\n
For the ones who did fly there, it’s worth noting that they were found with ammo in T&C… so they blew through TSA in the US. Bet some folks at TSA are ‘curious’ about that.<\/p>\n
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