Third American tourist arrested in three months for bringing bullets to Turks and Caicos
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2024
- A third American tourist in three months has been arrested for bringing bullets to Turks and Caicos while on vacation. Tyler Scott Wenrich’s wife said the two bullets authorities found in his suitcase were there accidentally. Now he’s facing the possibility of more than a decade in prison. NBC News’ Priya Sridhar reports.
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#Crime #Tourism #TurksandCaicos
Who in the world travels internationally without repacking every last thing every time?
Okay... now the real question to ask here is why is ammunition making it past the TSA? This is 3 times were hearing about. How many more times have there been?
Likely because checked baggage with a few rounds isn't important to the TSA. But, it is important to the Turks and Caicos. Clearly, T&C got tired of giving warnings and is ready to make some examples.
Checked bags which are fine if it's less than a certain amount
The TSA has a failure rate of around 70% when they are tested by the DHS. They are "security theatre."
Blame the government for your stupidity. As usual. 😏
You’d be hard pressed to find a bigger farce than TSA. It’s the crew who wasn’t smart enough for FBI, State Dept etc
How are they getting past TSA??
Was *just* asking the same ?...
The TSA has a failure rate of around 70% when they are tested by the DHS. They are "security theatre."
Yeah, grwat thought. Maybe they are being framed to cause intl incidents?
Who takes ammunitions & firearms to another country??😂
He didn't bring firearms, there were two bullets he forgot or didn't know were in luggage. What are you talking about?
Who? Stupid people obsessed with guns.
@@joeldriver-sp2rg What Turks and Caicos is talking about is potentially a 12 year sentence. Want to make this about individual rights...take it up with them, Champ.
Americans.
He was trying to smuggle ammo over there to sell and they’re covering for him that’s why the penalty so harsh Americans try to take advantage and sell things they’re allowed to purchase in the us other places
This is crazy. Way overboard of them
Ignorance of the law is not a defense of breaking the law.
Ignorance of the law is not an excuse.
Apparently it is if your white. I know it should not be life but yeah.....
Yep and now he gets 12 years! Seems pretty crazy to me. Don't go to Turks and Caicos!
Educate yourself. Others countries have their own laws.
I'm not buying their story.
Same here. I don’t trust them for a second.
8 times since 2022.
No way are they all accidents.
What is really going on here?
In 1994, a court in Singapore sentenced an American teenager, Michael Fay, to be lashed six times with a cane for violating the Vandalism Act. After spending 83 days in jail, he was released early on 21 June on grounds of good behavior, and left Singapore for the US the next day. In the US the kid would have been given a sentence of community service hours and fined instead of jailed and whipped with a cane; know the laws of the country you are visiting or you can be spending years in prison!
When I return from a trip. I unpack everything. Sun the luggage in the sun for a bit. Sanitize. Then put it away.
Another one? What is going on ?!
They’re smuggling weapons.
This is CRAZY AF....WHAT DO THEY THINK IS GOINGVON WITH RANDOM BULLETS IN A BAG?!
@HoneymybiscuitsYou are absolutely delusional. He had 2 bullets. You must not be very good at math or thinking in general, for that matter.
Maybe we should require cognitive tests to travel internationally
By that criteria there isn't a republican in the country who would pass the test and we'd be stuck with them here.
@@Susweca5569 No fleeing to Mexico during a crisis?
Please keep them in prison down there
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Paramedics are trained to use MEDICAL equipment- not guns. The state that gave this vacationer a CCP needs to upgrade their requirements. And WTAF, TSA?
Very sorry but this is not TSA's fault for your mistake but it is TSA's fault for not doing their job properly.
These situations are about as stupid as anything I've ever heard of in my life. There has to be some sort of logic applied in cases like this where clearly these people aren't intentionally bringing bullets to another country to do anything illegal yet I'm not seeing any. What exactly could somebody do with two bullets? Throw them at somebody??? This is literally so dumb it hurts by brain that they're actually putting these people in prison.
How do you say "Blah Blah Blah" in the native language of Turks and Caicos? ["This is not America" - Pat Metheny Group (featuring David Bowie)]
There is the complete logic of their own laws. Americans will eventually learn.
I don't think they are interested in catching American disease of 49,000 gun related deaths per year.
dumb mistakes for not thoroughly check your luggage
Did you all suddenly have amnesia? The same thing happened to BRITTNEY GRINER. She forgot her prescription products in her bag. Social media went crazy calling her names. Have you forgotten that this can happen to someone else?
That why Jesus-Christ said in Matthew7.1-2
I hope that this gentleman was not one of the people who commented on BRITTNEY GRINER. If this is the case, ask forgiveness to GOD, because GOD watches over His Word to accomplish it.
Those rounds made it through TSA stateside?
The TSA has a failure rate of around 70% when they are tested by the DHS. They are "security theatre."
There is a video on YT of a guy being detained for smuggling BitCoin in his luggage that shows just how stupid the TSA truly are and with everyone laughing at the agents in the airport they still didn't get that the plastic toy coins were from a convention.
The same people on here criticizing the hunter or shooting enthusiast is all of a sudden a law and order kind of person despite looking for pot as soon as they land.
Because them bullets are dangerous even without guns. Another country I would never set foot in.
Who cares whether you go or not? Stay in your backwoods.
People?? If you don’t know what’s in your bag, don’t know the laws in countries you’re visiting, it’s your fault.
I have no remorse for gun nuts. They are so nonchalant about carrying amo around that they think it’s just no big deal.
💯 Guns are not normal. Visiting another country it not a right, nor are their authorities required to cater to Americans. The victim, whining their way out of it story here is BS.
So is the penalty there if they just had some loose bullets, but not ammunition, ie if they were re-loaders?
I totally agree that each country has the right to make its own laws, and tourists have a responsibility to follow them. On the other hand, if T & C is going to have such draconian laws and penalties, it will scare people away from traveling there and ultimately hurt their tourism industry. I have never owned a firearm or ammo, so that would never be an issue for me. But who knows what other strict laws they may have. I have no desire to travel there after hearing these stories.
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Come on Americans, you've got to be smarter than this! Doing this in another country never ends well. These countries are always looking for ways to make an example out of Americans.
This has NOTHING to do with making an example of Americans. It has to do with breaking another country's laws.
Your rights don't extend beyond our borders, and your comment makes it perfectly clear that you're a MAGA.
@@Susweca5569 Americans need to stop visiting your terrible countries. 12 years minimum for 2 bullets is so silly. Excellent weapon for corrupt cops to target people.
Don't travel to this country. Plain and simple. After there have been 8 arrests that is a sign.
I feel like most of the comments in here tearing these guys apart are from people who either hate guns, have never owned guns, or have never actually shot guns or been to the range etc. I take my backpack with me sometimes on trips and it is sooooo easy to miss one or two 9mm bullets when trying to empty the bag. I had one get stuck in like the corner of the pocket one time, and you couldn't even see it when you looked in the pocket, I just got lucky that I wasn't taking that bag to Turks and Caicos apparently.... TSA at BWI just flagged my bag and pulled me aside, when I said "oh crap I thought I got everything out of there" they tossed the bullet and I boarded my flight. It is also illegal to carry ammunition on planes in America, but the TSA agents used their branes and realized that the bullet was just stuck in the pocket and it wasn't me trying to overthrow a government or try to bring down a jet.... I never really had any urge to go to this particular tourist destination, but now I will not even consider it. It sounds a lot like when a Somali pirate takes a tourist hostage and won't release them until the family pays. Bogus bogus bogus. And Now that there is a African American woman also in jail there, I wonder what is going to change with their approach now. Or all the liberal opinions on here.
If you’re not smart enough to remove everything relating to guns before leaving america, especially after seeing 2 other americans arrested for the same thing, then perhaps you should stay in a country where guns are acceptable.
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
What do all three of these people have in common?
All men
Trump?
Stupid AF
They have jobs and can afford to go on vacation
Spy ppl.
They scary little people 😂😂, can’t hide from my sun 🌞
'Allegededly'???
I don't feel sorry for them. They were irresponsible with their ammunition. What if a round were to discharge in the airplane cargo? Tourists need to be smart or face the consequences
In America they'd have leniency on them due to being stupid but it doesn't fly other places.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Irresponsible gun owners lost track of their bullets.
Slow news cycle? You literally posted the same story yesterday, but narrated by a male. Oh, and you censored my last comment pointing this out. Classy! 🍻
Who travels with bullets,,,,,and WHO doesn't pay attention to what's in their luggage,,,
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There are signs posted everywhere at the airport "No Firearms or Ammo in carry on " These dudes/families had plenty of warnings before leaving! And quoting, "it was a honest mistake" BS
I'm tired of tourists that do not understand that once you leave the laws of the land do not apply to you and can't do as they please without repercussions. I do not have any empathy for them or the family either. Give them the maximum sentence and a fine.
The rest of the world aren’t gun nuts. Check your bags or go to jail.
STOP Going to Turks and Caicos!! 😅😆
Why it is a great vacation spot and best of all you don't have to worry about some ignorant American endangering your family.
If you can’t even take a vacation without your little 9mm security soother then you should definitely stay home and hide under your special security blankie.
Yeah, the rest of the world would actually want to go.
But not in turkey s.....p is another continent another country. Ignorance
Sounds like Tuk and Caicos have a pretty good plant scam going on there . 🤔
How do they benefit from this "scam," pray tell?
They have to pay to keep these guys in custody for months or years, and the entire legal process costs the country time and money.
Do you know what a "scam" is?
Plant scam? All these people admit they left the ammo in their bags from previous trips how ignorant are you?
@rooster1012
You admit it, too, under a stressful interrogation Skippy.
Get off of you're know it all horse !
@@zammmerjammer
M O N E Y
They’ve all confessed.
Lol.
I guess Turks and Caicos isn’t soft on crime!
Republicans fault
BIDEN FAULT! Trump would have them home in 5 minutes.
@@aa777flyer nope wrong answer stupid
It is not Trump or Biden’s fault that these three people were too dumb to check their bags before traveling to a foreign country. People need to take personal responsibility. The laws in other countries aren’t the same as the laws in America.
@@d.n.8919 yup
@@d.n.8919 No but Trump would have demanded their release, and they would comply.
Boycott TCI
You really should, there’s enough crime here already. We don’t need Americans to come and taint it way more.
It is absolutely thier own fault.
Usual suspects