Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police have arrested five Americans for bringing ammunition into the Caribbean territory.
Another U.S. tourist was arrested for carrying ammunition in luggage at the Turks and Caicos airport on Monday, weeks after the arrest of an American tourist in the Caribbean territory made national headlines.The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police told CBS News that 'a visitor was arrested at the Howard Hamilton International Airport yesterday after ammunition was allegedly found during a routine security check.
'I subsequently spent eight nights in their local jail,' Hagerich told CBS News. 'Some of the darkest, hardest times of my life, quite frankly.'Possessing either a gun or ammunition is prohibited in Turks and Caicos, but tourists were previously able to just pay a fine. That changed in February when a court order required even tourists to potentially face mandatory prison time in addition to paying a fine.
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