American tourist speaks after being detained in Turks and Caicos for ammo in luggage
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- An American tourist who has been detained in Turks and Caicos after ammunition was found in her luggage is speaking to CBS News about her experience. In total, five Americans each face up to 12 years in prison on the island. None were carrying firearms.
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It is so weird that they ALL had a few bullets. Why did they EACH have a few hidden bullets? That is so bizzare.
I agree. I've been wondering to myself if any of these bullets were planted. Why so many in succession all of a sudden? Just like we heard sometimes polices officers plant drugs in vehicles they pull over before the days of body cameras, I just wonder if the ammo was planted. Why would this country do this? I don't know. Just a thought...
If you shoot often, like go to the gun range or hunt, it's not uncommon to have a few spare rounds fall into your bag. It's like finding loose change in your couch or hair ties under the bed. I always have random rounds rolling around in my rifle bag but I make sure to have a dedicated bag for that purpose, that was their biggest mistake.
Wondering if it was planted...
@@carrotsandpotatoes5019 I agree with your thought. I made a similar comment a day ago on this same thread and it is no longer here --deleted.
@@carrotsandpotatoes5019 it wasnt
WTF are you doing on a cruise with ammunition?
Right was they set up?
@@msraymond6941your comment is beyond ignorant
@@msraymond6941
First off, mastery of English is a good thing. It's "WERE" they set up!
Second, if you listened to the video, you would have heard that they were able to get through TSA simply because they were small items that were missed. While I've never owned a gun before, so this is something I can't even imagine, if you own guns and you've gone on hunting trips, it's very possible that you simply didn't realize there was a bullet left in your bag. But to immediately jump to conspiracies without a shred of proof? Geez man, let's calm down!
People need to be more careful & clean their luggage carefully. Period
Carrying ammunition but no weapon? What is missing here? Many unanswered questions.
Doesn’t matter what the prohibited item is. Who travels to a place that’s been repeatedly in the news and doesn’t double or triple check their luggage for the prohibited item if there’s even a remote possibility?
They did check - bullets were planted
@@truthseeker6377You really think so. 😊
@@truthseeker6377 Thank you. Finally someone with common sense.
I think those bullets are being planted! Because why would they have bullets? And why is the charge so excessive if there is no fire arm? This seems to be a plot for ransom to me!!!! I will never visit Turks and Cacos!!!!
Everybody is a genius with all of the answers...After the fact....😂🤣😅
Whose planting ammo on American tourists?
Hmmm I wonder, musse they have a jealous family member or something cause you couldn't be insinuating that it's the locals, that would be dumb to temper with own economy like that.
Nobody
Americans 🤣🤣
Right It sounds like they were set up
@@msraymond6941 they set themselves up when they left ammunition in their bags. If yall were really trying to follow these cases you would know they admitted that the ammunition belongs to them.
This sounds like a set up
Why would you travel with the same bag used at the range?
exactly
wth does it matter what luggage is being used, seriously. luggage is luggage should it be cleaned iut yea but be fr
@@iamsenitrashaneil1234 Are you a gun owner?
Every country has laws and when we visit we’re expected to respect them. But who the 🤬 carries ammunition in a suitcase??? Really!
No one. Planted by this island to make money off tourists, It is a scam.
Why would civilians travel internationally with any kind of ammunition?
Most people are not intentionally traveling with ammo. They live in states where people are allowed to carry weapons. They remove the weapons from the bag where the weapon is often placed and decided to pack clothes in that same bag, or for some other reason want to take that same bag on their trip. Unfortunately, hey may forget to dump the bag upside down, unzip each pocket, and then take out the liner - you'd have to go through al this to make sure any bullets that may have slipped out of their usual holding place get found before the bag goes to the airport. I don't have a gun so I've never had to worry about loose bullets, but I've occasionally found stray coins this way. How did the coins end up at the bottom of the bag? Well, sometimes when I'm out shopping, I put the coins into a small pouch, but then the pouch became a little unzipped and the coins fell into the bottom of my bag under the liner. I'm pretty sure they occasionally lose a few loose bullets in their bag the same way I've lost a few loose coins. The difference is that I can't get locked up for coins I never meant to carry to the airport, but they can get locked up for bullets they never meant to carry. It may be best to never use the bag that goes to the gun range or which you've used to carry a gun for any other purpose, and to ESPECIALLY never travel with that bag.
On aonother note, it doesn't speak well for American security screening practices if our TSA misses those bullets lodged at the bottom of somebody's bag, but the security in a small place like Turks and Caicos finds the bullets.
Clearly they didn't know they were
Please check your bags for ammunition and weed!
It was most likely planted. That’s why you never leave your carryon unattended. Ppl have gone to prison bc someone didn’t want to get caught with weed etc. So they stash it in other ppls belongings.
This question is dumber than the situation itself.
Don't make no sense! Those bullets should have been detected before leaving the U. S.
Yep
I travel multiple times per month. How do people leave ammo in their luggage? Do people just have ammo casually lying around their suitcases? Seems like irresponsible gun ownership.
Gunny gun freaks
Seems like a set up...how do all these people have the same charge ...for the same thing within 4months in the same county?
@@ashleyd9354 none of them have denied it was their ammo. Americans and guns. Name a more idiotic duo.
@@Logan_ExploresOh look, and America hater. Does that make you feel big and important?
So you mean to tell me American TSA people let these Americans GET ON PLANE or boat..with ammo in their luggage.. and just so happen it's not one..not 2 not 3 not 4 BUT FIVE PEOPLE.. OF DIFFERENT RACE WITH THE SAME CHARGE.... HOW DO YOU SAY DON'T COME TO OUR COUNTRY AMERICAN PEOPLE WITH OUT SAYING IT .😆#go to jail ..
How about start practicing by removing all contents out of your luggage, carry on, etc., before you pack and then have someone go through them, again. It is not only the TSA's fault. Take some accountability!! Stop thinking just because you're an American, you will be protected once you're on foreign land.
Think they are entitled, because you're an American.
How bumb can you be
We are TAKING about 2 bullets. THINK!!! Why would they have 2 BULLETS!!!
Sounds fishy to me. Dont have to ever worry about me going there
I went to Turks & Caicos two weeks ago. It was my FOURTH time going. I love it there. And because I'm not an idiot who disrespects the laws of other countries, I have never had any problems there. Feel free to go and enjoy that beautiful country. Just be respectful.
lol bet if it was UK or some other white country you wouldn’t have said that you would’ve still went there 😂 but it’s all good stay where you at I’m sure they don’t need you there or your money 😂
Me either. This sounds so fishy.
check your LUGGAGE BEFORE YOU LEAVE HOME. then check it AGAIN before you leave to board that return flight
Makes no difference if they plant it on you. There were multiple cases and they ALL found *2 bullets*.
I guess it’s far too much to ask for this journalist to let us know how the US would treat any foreigner who tried to enter the country with bullets in their luggage.
Why you deflecting?
@@JB-bw8njthis has nothing to do with deflecting. Its about unfair treatment. This would land you prison time. Why is it that Americans feel they can go to others countries and do as they please and still get leniency?
Its like the lady who went the UAE screaming and carrying on and was detained.
None of this is a T&C issue.
@@Philosific but why does the journalist have to let us know what would’ve happened to a foreigner in America… it’s irrelevant.
The US government wouldn't do a thing. All you have to do is get to Mexico and walk across the border at Jacumba (San Diego county) You could be a terrorist carrying a nuke and they just look the other way.
@@JB-bw8nj Why is that deflecting. Thousands of foreigners visit the United States every day. They go through the same process of customs and immigration that these Americans went through. If a foreign visitor is caught with something deemed illegal by U.S customs officers those foreign visitors are penalized. I may be wrong but I have not heard of foreign countries pleading with the United States for leniency of their citizens. Since 911 I am not sure how lenient the United States would be to a foreign visitor illegally bringing ammo into the United States.
Why would you brng ammo to another country anyway.
Cue attempts and terrorism perhaps ?
@coom07 do you mean 'coup'?
@@coom07If you are that afraid of what might happen to you when you travel to another Country why go there to begin with?! It’s called rules and regulations and some people think these rules and regulations don’t apply to them and are learning their failure to do so comes with consequences.
To answer your question in a non-conspiratorial way, maybe they've gone on previous hunting trips and simply didn't completely empty the bag. So they didn't plan on bringing ammo. I mean, think about it. There was ammo, but no gun. What do you think these people were trying to do exactly?
By mistake.
Americans have are hard time understanding the gravity of laws internationally.
That’s because America has traditionally had the huge upper hand. The US could punish other countries in trade or whatever they needed and swoop right in and save its (non law abiding) people acting a fool all over the world all while dropping the hammer in the US on people from other countries because their countries weren’t as big, strong and powerful as America and they had little or nothing to use as leverage against the US.
Now, other countries aren’t playing with Americans.
You come here and act up if you want to. 😞You will sit here for years and we will win something in negotiations if you ever want to go home.
Saw an American guy arguing with a Canadian police officer about his constitutional rights 😂😂😂
@@nancyenkelmann4552 ….as an American it’s embarrassing to see feel Americans abroad behave….lol
@@nancyenkelmann4552 I saw a group of college students in Mexico doing the same thing🤣🤣🤣🤣 We were all in a terrible traffic jam. They got out of their cars frustrated and started screaming about their constitutional rights, huh!. 😧😧🤣🤣🤣
Its true. Geography is barely taught in the US. Most people forget its not called "The United States of Earth"
How do they use this experience to teach others about traveling to foreign countries- checking your baggage carefully- especially in this political climate
I’m not even planning to go there and I heard about this. Why would you have ammunition in your luggage going to another country.
“Two bullets lodged under a flap”. Do you really think they knew it was there? 🙄🤦♀️
Have they denied the ammo is theirs??
That’s what I’m trying to figure out -
Exactly. If it’s theirs. Stupidity is not a excuse
We dont know the entire story, the bullets may have been planted, who travels with just bullets, but if it is true they are all stupid
They were planning to buy a gun, which they were prohibited of doing in the US for whatever reason.
It still doesn't make sense to me, you can buy a gun without bullets. How were they going to get the gun back to the US, they Xray all baggage they store in the cargo bay
@@user-rz5nu9mg7cdid you think of that all on your own? Let’s blame the stupidity on the other guy!
Other countries are fed up with Americans and their love of guns. Mexico is being flooding with weapons from the U.S. Some countries actually want to keep their citizens safe.
Lol Mexico and other countries get most of their guns from the US. Where do we think their guns come from?
The stupidity! Yeah, Mexico wants to keep its citizens safe! 😂
Go ask the ATF agents about that smuggling scheme
This is THEEEE one! Every word of this.
Found the irrelevant authoritarian.
CHECK YOUR LUGGAGE FOOLS. 😂😂😂😂😂
They plant those.
@@littleme3597 no they don't 🤣
@@littleme3597 lock them up and your basement mama
WHO checks their luggage for bullets on the normal? NO ONE, people just pack their bags an go...
@@BudgetHousingHub people who use their luggage bags as their gun bags should double check to make sure there's no stray ammo laying around. How does that not make sense to you? I keep my gun bags and cases separate from my travel bags but I have friends who don't and have made this mistake before as well. It's fairly common.
I recommend you not only check your bag but also record you checking your bag!
Why is ammo in your luggage vs a lock box it's no excuse.
The strange things is they all say they didn’t realize the amo was in their luggage, what I would think they would be saying is they don’t know how the amo got in them luggage. Which is a totally different thing.
Why did yall post the mugshot, perpetuating the idea that she is a criminal?? Distasteful on CBS's part.
How the heck are so many people leaving ammo in their luggage? Do they bother checking their luggage as they are packing it?
Look up "bala bala scam"
Here's an idea ..... don't be an idiot and respect a country's laws.
As a felon, if i got caught with a single bullet in America i get 5 years...
See that makes sense
That's horrible.
@@jordyb57 No it does not.
@@jordyb57make it make sense to me
@@jadapinkett1656 It does. It's very easy to not have ammunition in your possession, especially if you know you've been banned from having it.
1: Why are Americans still spending money/going to T/C?
2: How pathetic is TSA that they didn’t catch this on the way out?
3: HOW are people still leaving ammo in their luggage after hearing about the first case?
Really? You're blaming TSA? Should TSA make sure these clowns packed their toothbrushes? 🙄 As Forest Gump said, "stupid is as stupid does."
@@truegrit7697 You know TSAs actual job is to make sure guns and ammo doesn’t get on planes, right?
Why shouldn’t Americans visit T&C? It’s a beautiful little country. Just because a few Americans are arrested for something that’s THEIR own fault in a peaceful foreign country doesn’t mean that particular country should be boycotted by law abiding American visitors. Tens of thousands of Americans have visited T&C and NOTHING happened to them… except maybe a little sunburn 😅
@truegrit7697 apparently you're not aware of TSA's job
Interesting that both recent cases gound a couple of bullets as they left, not as they arrived.
Why go there? Turks & Caicos currently is under a Level 2 travel advisory by the U.S. State Department.
Because it’s beautiful. Go ahead and vacation at Love Canal. You’d seem to enjoy that
I guess you’ve never been there. It’s beautiful and has the most gorgeous, white sand beaches in the world. It’s why so many American celebrities have second homes there.
Because it's a great vacation spot
So you see this as an issue of the country, instead of the accountability of travelers?
Do you think anyone would ever even try to take ammo into the US?
@@nancyenkelmann4552 Gosh Nancy, you’re so pleasant and tolerant.
It's looking like a set up. 😢
For me the most important question is why people in this country are so careless when it comes to weapons or ammo. Other countries laws outside US take it very serious in matters like these. Due diligence is very important when traveling outside.
Thoughts and prayers.
But no ham sandwich
HAHA! 😆
Hilarious!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lmao
Too many coincidences. Are we sure they are not putting in our American citizens luggages?
I was thinking the same thing. Americans need to just away from there.
Very funny
The only comment that make sense.
I didn't realize it was such a common thing to own ammo, let along carry it around in luggage. What's the thinking there? I mean, there's no gun, so why are they putting ammo in their luggage at any point in time?
Loose ammo is very weird.
For some reason, people use their range bag for travel also. That's just a no-no.
How can you be so careless that you leave ammunition in your luggage…especially when you’re traveling to a different country? I wish I could say I feel sorry for these people but I really don’t. All that being said, I hope they are released and learn a lesson from this.
This is sad, I'm praying for them ❤
Perfect example, amongst many others, on why I don't leave the U.S.A..
IN AMERICA.....we don't hold people accountable and then expect the rest of the world to be the same way when they do not. In ATL the busiest airport in the world....... at first, if you brought a gun into the airport/your luggage/through TSA because "you forgot it was in there and/or failed to check" it was STRAIGHT TO JAIL!
THEN they watered it down to jail but it wasn't as serious and you could get right out.
THEN it was watered down to getting processed in the building or something ridiculous as long as you had a permit and didn't come back as a criminal not allowed to carry or something silly.
NOW it's a quick ticket and you can still make your flight like it never happened and the penalties are nothing once you go to court.
There's no accountability for anything anymore. People should check, double check and re-check their bags. Period! And have bags that they ONLY put luggage in for traveling and not for going to the range, transporting guns etc... and then they won't have this problem. I am all for grace and mercy but enough is enough. Anyone else getting caught just needs to be prepared to do hard time for going in these nice folk's country with guns and/or ammo. Period.
Don’t go to Turks and Caicos. See how easy that was.
That woman had no need for ammo. Seriously?! What is going on?
Are bullets just as common as tic tacs now? I really don’t get that lol …
There are some key elements missing from this story.
Who put the ammo there?
Where was the ammo located? ( outside or inside the luggage)
Was the luggage flagged before or after a baggage employee touched it?
What was the motive?
Who did they communicate with during the stay?
Are there any guns on the island that would actually be able to utilize the bullets?
There is too many wholes in this reporting to make an informed decision on their guilt or innocence yet the comment section is full of people jumping to conclusions smh.
of all the images showing her, they chose the back shot of her? lol
They didnt say it was not theirs??
How arrogant do you have to be to think it's "unreal" that a country enforces its laws? These arrogant, entitled little brats need to spend a good bit of time behind bars. Maybe then they''ll understand that the law applies to them.
Anybody who works in an airport or TSA knows how common ammunition is found in baggage.
They were released based on "exceptional circumstances". WTF.
Make sure to check your luggage carefully before you travel. Check every slot, zippered compartment, nook and cranny for anything that doesn’t belong in there. It’s your responsibility to make sure you’re traveling safely and according to the rules of any country you’re visiting.
People, please make sure you don’t carry ammo when traveling abroad, and why doesn’t TSA detect that before leaving the USA 🇺🇸
This happened to me leaving Jamaica after going through TSA and customs exiting the U.S. and entering Jamaica. One bullet and no firearm. Crazy systems.
Responsibility is such a hard thing to comprehend for her?!
This is sooooo strange! Why all these fools taking ammo to that island? Im sorry but its strange.
Like it’s a setup. Maybe the country is doing this to financially fine Americans. A new way of bribery 🤷🏽♀️
They probably planted it. Happens all the time.
Probably planted
By the fact none of them immediately denounced that they even owned guns, then yeah, they probably each do own guns and recognized the bullets, but unknowingly brought a few to the island themselves then got caught upon departure. With that said.... there's a balance to strike between avoiding this looking like a loophole and recognizing it as an accident. Wishing the best for those involved.
so she never said why there were bullets in her bag. IS she a hunter, etc?
It's been very interesting reading the comments regarding her situation vs. comments about the American male who did the same thing who was just released.
Yes, racism is still alive and well
@@isaywhatiwanttosay2025-4eva Right....that word really makes people itch. lol. Watching the comments, as well. Same ol', same ol'. Racism sure does seem to unite folks. smdh
What’s wrong with these American women thinking they can travel with ammo or cannabis🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
You guys must understand in most Caribbean countries ammo is illegal and they charge you the same as having a gun
WtF?? SO random bullets are just showing up?
So TSA didn’t catch the ammo in the bag on the way there? Sounds fishy to me.
In 2015, TSA screeners had a 95% failure rate. So in 2017, new TSA administrator David Pekoske was appointed to fix that problem. He now admits @1:56 that "we're never going to stop everything that we want to stop". So apparently, TSA hasn't improved that much. All liquids are limited (3.4 oz), but ammunition has no limits.
The level of entitlement from Americans is astounding, I mean who travels without checking their luggage for prohibited items? It's common!!
What’s unreal is that you don’t take accountability. 🙄
Awwww
Waaaa Waaaa
Stop it.
There is no reason for ammo to be in your bag. Clean it out as soon as you get back.
First off her foolish (A word) shouldn't have gone to Turks and Caicos Islands from the get go. Best to stay your (A word) in the United States.
I’m shocked a Texan 😂 wasn’t apart of this group.
They ask you at the airport do you have any ammunition.
And that's before you leave the United States.
They were set up
Why are you people doing carrying ammunition? Every country doesn't let people get away with what the U.S. does. Other countries have laws. Find out what they are. You see what has happened to those who violated the laws in Russia. Didn't know it was there is no excuse. Is someone planting it intentionally to frame you?
Having a hard time understanding how you have even one bullet in your luggage, no matter how many rounds of ammo you fire at the gun range. That said, the government of T&C should look at the record of mandatory minimum sentences in the US and other countries, they don't work or deter those determined to traffic firearms/ammo which this law is actually intended to target. Most firearms are NOT being trafficked on planes to T&C, the vast majority of guns come from small boats that travel easily up and down the Caribbean island chain. The T&C government would do well to instead address the enormous income inequality gap that exists on the island and contributes to gun violence instead of punishing ignorant tourists. This is not the way to increase tourism in a country that relies so heavily on tourism.
Look up "bala bala scam"
Guess who wants to play the victim? Now, whats crazy is they didnt see them bullets when leaving America. Or entering the country.
My cousin works for TSA out of NYC and she told me the scam. The local customs agents in Turks in Cacois are blackmailing American tourists. They are placing bullets and other small contraband in American tourist luggage when they go through screening. The local custom agents "find" items and demand they pay thousands in fines or go to jail for years. They are usually targeting white American men because they believe they are the ones with money and the ones most likely to "hunt" in America, thus having a bullet in their suitcase is plausible. The black woman in this story was probably tagged by accident or they assumed since she was traveling there she had money. What older black woman has bullets in her suitcase? Zero. They are blackmailing tourists and customs agents, police and local authorities are getting kickbacks.
Couple weeks ago everyone was mad at Turks and Caicos after that couple was detained. This time everyone is blaming the tourist...I wonder what has changed 🤔
I was thinking the same thing!! The guy just got off with a small fine if only $6,700. Everyone in the comments was praising God and saying they could understand how it could happen. Now, let's see if T&C, and the comment section, offers the same grace to this woman
Actually I’ve been calling them all idiots. And now I’m starting to think that this might be a case of dirty cops stashing paraphernalia. Like I don’t understand why it’s not caught by American tsa. Before they get to Turks and Caicos.
Hello!! clearly, you see the difference. LOL!!
Good that other countries are saying no, we don't allow certain things in our country, and we're not going to make an acception. As Americans,we have to respect the rules and laws of other countries whether we like or agree with them or not.
I wish the same could be said about people coming here illegally and killing Americans and then simply being deported. It's a 2 way street but it don't feel like it.
@@JustMamba blame Biden? 🤷🏾♀️ that's what he wants for his people, don't get emotional cause that's not what our leaders want for ours. Locals here going to prison for ammunition alone, so who are the Americans?
*exception
What I find odd is that no one is saying, those aren't my bullets. So it seems that they had bullets in their bags but forgot about them? If it's a case of bullets being planted in their luggage, no one is saying that either. This is bizarre all around because the airports they departed from in the US didn't detect the bullets, but when they leave Turks & Caicos bullets are found. Sounds like a money grab. I would stay away from there.
So careless as to have random ammo in your luggage? SMDH
Outta control. Two bullets? Four rounds? Hell no. Yeah, I’ll stay home as I don’t this frustration.
Comment deleted, so let me reword it…..ammunition without a fire arm is useless, so what could be the charges?
Would we be lenient on a citizen of Turks and Caicos if they accidentally brought cocaine into the USA? Well, ammo is just as illegal there as cocaine is here. We have no right to expect others to accept or respect our crazy gun culture. Don't leave the Country if you aren't willing to be 100% responsible and accountable for your actions.
Why's the ammo in their carry on bags? You would think that it would be be in the checked luggage.
Isn't it funny how this only seems to happen to Americans? I don't hear about this happening to any other person from any other country that travels to Turks and Caicos, only Americans!! What does that tell you?!! This country is so obsessed with guns!!
This is the first time I'm hearing this. How often have you seen news like this?
@@SonGoku-tp8gb
Usually the guns and ammo are found in luggage by TSA. They happened to have missed these.
Last year TSA found 6,737 firearms at airport security checkpoints,
My question is how did it happen to five people at about the same time?
Look up "bala bala scam"
@@telesniper2 I figured it was something like that.
Somebody's got to go to jail.
They cannot let everybody go.
And guess who is going to be
Next time be careful. Make sure to check everything yourself. Remember that some Countries are serious about their laws.
VERY serious, they aren't to play around with you.
12 years is extreme
Shake your luggage 🧳 out and thoroughly CHECK ✔ it before you pack 🙄. If you smoke Marijuana 🚬, , buy it when you get wherever you are going but do NOT pack it in your luggage and if you have any left before you come back then leave it there ; do NOT try to come to the airport with it in your luggage. ITS SIMPLE FOLKS ......KEEP YOUR BUTTS OUT OF JAIL 🤦♀️
So, are they actually bringing ammunition into T&C? Or, is the ammunition being planted in their luggage?
Seriously? More like ammo was planted in each one of their bags of luggage.
How do you get the bag thru
the scanners? Does TSA not test and or recalibrate as
necessary?
Fully 82% of their American tourists arrive by air and 87% by cruise ships in Turks and Cacois. That would have a huge economic impact.
They should have known… it’s their responsibility… don’t break the rules… blah blah blah. While all of those statements are absolutely true, the punishment does not fit the crime. And I for one will never go to T&C. They have the right to self govern and i have the right not to participate. I feel badly for these people who are facing 13 year sentences for what amounts to a misdemeanor.
So none of them go through their luggage?
I can honestly see both sides, and I am licensed to carry, however I will more than triple check my traveling luggage for anything that shouldn’t be there, I would NEVER carry anything that I’ve taken to a gun range as luggage to the airport, which was their first absolute mistake. That’s how I can see both sides, if going to a gun range was the reason behind all this. Now if neither of those things transpired is a whole different story.
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time!
So tired of all these entitled people thinking they should not suffer consequences for laws that “THEY” break.
4 other mugshots to choose yet you…nevermind.
I have no sympathy for them, NONE!!
I’m so confused
WHY the f are you carrying ammunition with you on vacation into the Caicos?
Something smells fishy in the state of Denmark
duh!!🤪🤪🤪🤪
This seems to be too much of a common occurrence. I think we all need to make sure our luggage is completely empty before we pack to go anywhere. We haven't learned from these stories yet??
TSA war against lotion and hair products but not bullets.