Man arrested after flying from Barbados to Miami with loaded gun
- Cameron Hinds was caught carrying a firearm loaded with five .32-calibre bullets at Florida’s busiest airport
- The breach is a black eye for the US which has sought to bolster its border security in the 20 years since the September 11 attacks
Barbados officials on Friday were investigating how a man reportedly managed to board a commercial flight from the island nation to the US city of Miami with a loaded gun in his possession.
Transportation Security Administration agents at Florida’s busiest airport discovered the suspect was carrying a firearm loaded with five .32-calibre bullets, NBC’s Southern Florida affiliate reported.
Police arrested the man, identified by the station as Cameron Hinds, and charged him with carrying a concealed weapon, a crime punishable in Florida by up to five years in prison and a US$5,000 fine.
Hinds reportedly pleaded not guilty and will appear in court again in mid-December, the NBC affiliate said.
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley expressed concern about the brazen act that began at the island’s Grantley Adams International Airport, and said “the consequences for the country are grave and great.”
