Another American arrested in Turks and Caicos after bullets found in luggage

well yet another American has been arrested in Turks and Kos after ammunition was found in his luggage the Virginia man is the fourth American detained under similar circumstances in the last several months cbs's Chris Van Cleave was the first to report on this string of arrests tonight 30-year-old Tyler wrik is the latest American behind bars in Turks and caos arrested after two bullets were found in his backpack as he was about to board a cruise ship Saturday the Virginia EMT and father is now facing the potential of a mandatory minimum prison sentence of up to 12 years I feel like as a very honest mistake that 12 years is absurd his wife Jerry Anne says he'd been on the island for less than a day my son's only 18 months old and I just don't want him to grow up without a dad there are now at least four American tourists potentially facing lengthy prison sentences and a fifth who served nearly 6 months after what they say was mistakenly bringing ammo in their luggage while on vacation 40-year-old father of two Ryan Watson is now out of jail on bail he was arrested at the airport April 12th when security found four rounds of hunting ammo in his carry-on did you check the bag before you packed it we did um I opened it up and kind of give it a little shimmy didn't see anything didn't you know didn't hear anything the TSA is now acknowledging its office offers missed the ammo when his bag was screened at the checkpoint in Oklahoma City April 7th it was my mistake it was very innocent and um now I just pray that compassion and consideration because there was Zero Criminal Intent following our report Tuesday the state department reissued a warning to carefully check your luggage for stray ammunition Chris Van Cleave CBS News

Channel: CBS Evening News

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Keywords: Turks and Caicos, CBS Evening News, World

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Length: 1min 52sec (112 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 27 2024