KINGSTON, Jamaica – An
Austrian man was arrested and charged Friday after a firearm, ammunition
and several illegal weapons were found in his suitcase at the Sangster
International Airport.
He is 47-year-old Thomas Roessler, business consultant of Vicnno, Austria.
Reports
from the Sangster International Airport Police are that Rossler arrived
in the island on Wednesday, October 29, but was unable to locate one of
his suitcases, which he reported missing to airport officials.
His
suitcase was later found by an airline agent and a routine search was
carried out by the Custom Enforcement Team which lead to the seizure of
one .45 US Army model pistol (no firing pin), an empty magazine, one
round of HP80 calibre catridge, four knives including two daggers, one
small handsaw and a pair of binoculars.
Roessler was arrested and
charged for illegal possession of firearm and ammunition and is to
appear in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday,
November 5.
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