13746: Hermantin: Man arrested at Miami airport with hidden gun (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: leonie hermantin <lhermantin@hotmail.com>

Man arrested at Miami airport with hidden gun
The Associated Press

November 18, 2002

MIAMI -- A Haitian man has been arrested for attempting to board a flight
from Miami to Haiti while allegedly carrying a handgun and 50 bullets hidden
in a DVD player, authorities said.

Andre Riguens, who is a legal U.S resident, was being held Sunday at the
federal detention center in Miami pending an initial appearance in federal
court Monday, said FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela.

Riguens was arrested Saturday at Miami International Airport before boarding
an American Airlines flight to Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital, she
said.

A security screener found the gun after stopping Riguens for a second look
at his carryon luggage, Orihuela said.

Inside the bag, the screener found a DVD player that held the handgun and
ammunition, which were wrapped in foil and duct tape.

``He said he needed it for protection in Haiti,'' said Orihuela.

Riguens, 33, was charged with attempting to carry a weapon onto an airplane.

Orihuela said Riguens drove to Miami from Jonesboro, Ga., and that he lives
in Georgia with his wife, a U.S. citizen.
Copyright © 2002, South Florida Sun-Sentinel


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