Man caught trying to board plane with shotgun at Southend Airport (From Echo)
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Man caught trying to board plane with shotgun at Southend Airport
5:10pm Sunday 16th December 2012 in Southend By David Trayner
The Southend Airport terminal where the gun was found
A MAN has appeared in court after trying to board a plane with a shotgun at Southend Airport.
A 65-year-old man from the Canary Islands was arrested at the airport after the disassembled gun was found in his luggage on Friday.
The man, who had a ticket for a flight to Barcelona, was charged with possessing a firearm without a certificate and appeared at Southend Magistrates' Court yesterday.
Security staff uncovered the gun after the man’s luggage was searched at about 10am.
A police spokeswoman said: “He had the component parts of a gun. He had obviously taken it apart.”
Comments(19)
madmax1
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5:01pm Sun 16 Dec 12
Make your minds up.
wendiex
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5:07pm Sun 16 Dec 12
Max Impact
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5:46pm Sun 16 Dec 12
BIRLIS
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6:12pm Sun 16 Dec 12
wendiex wrote:Funny you should say that. I Dante article as saying Canvey, and had to check after seeing your post!
You sure he was'nt from canvey island!
Jess14
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6:16pm Sun 16 Dec 12
pirates
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7:03pm Sun 16 Dec 12
jayman
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7:17pm Sun 16 Dec 12
Max Impact wrote:yes max... security use metal detector to find an object that is predominately metal...
Proves airport security is doing it's job, so much for all those that say it's poor and not up to the job.
or
security staff use x-ray machine to find an object that looks remarkably like the stock and barrel of a shotgun.
don't get me wrong max, it was a good result but it was hardly 'incognito' and rather stupid if he thought he could have got through any UK airport with it.
Soouthchurch59
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7:56pm Sun 16 Dec 12
asbo industries inc
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9:53pm Sun 16 Dec 12
Soouthchurch59 wrote:grassed himself up or greased himself up?
Perhaps he grassed himself up so that he didn't have to go through with whatever it was that brought him back to the UK to retrieve a shotgun. Just *one* theory.....
largo1
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10:31am Mon 17 Dec 12
Brunning999
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12:56pm Mon 17 Dec 12
r6keith
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1:55pm Mon 17 Dec 12
Brunning999 wrote:I think the fact thats it was a hidden dismantled fire arm was more to the point . People die from the use of illegal guns.
He was trying to take it home in his suit case no risk to anyone there unless he had access to the luggage hold.
All our border agencies do the best they can to stop illegal items from crossing our borders.
r6keith
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1:58pm Mon 17 Dec 12
loppyears
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2:44pm Mon 17 Dec 12
r6keith
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3:44pm Mon 17 Dec 12
loppyears wrote:I would imagine with the correct licence export paperwork and you declare the item during check in it would be no problem. Competitors that compete at international shooting events take their own weapons with them. I do not think that was the case in thit instance.
Would it still of being a crime if he had a licence for it?
TherealIndiana
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5:58pm Mon 17 Dec 12
Audioman
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7:54am Tue 18 Dec 12
not checks here !!!
disenfranchisedpast
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8:45am Tue 18 Dec 12
TherealIndiana wrote:Because it's completely impossible to get a gun illegally in this country.....
So he couldn't have bought it here without a license, therefore he must have brought it in with him! How good was the security then!?
Eric Whim says...
4:52pm Sun 16 Dec 12