wigstheone
Feb 20, 02, 7:43 am
MIAMI (AP)--An Iranian national carrying a loaded gun was arrested at Miami International Airport as he tried to board a connecting flight to Washington, D.C., officials said Tuesday.
Iradj Eftekharipour, 37, told police the gun was plastic but it was a black metal revolver loaded with six bullets, said Miami-Dade police Detective Juan DelCastillo.
Eftekharipour later said he was carrying the gun for his own protection, DelCastillo said.
Eftekharipour had arrived on an American Airlines (AMR) flight from the Caribbean nation of St. Maarten and was transferring to a flight to Washington when he was stopped by security, airline spokesman John Hotard said. A screener noticed the outline of a handgun in a fanny pack as it passed through an X-ray machine.
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Iradj Eftekharipour, 37, told police the gun was plastic but it was a black metal revolver loaded with six bullets, said Miami-Dade police Detective Juan DelCastillo.
Eftekharipour later said he was carrying the gun for his own protection, DelCastillo said.
Eftekharipour had arrived on an American Airlines (AMR) flight from the Caribbean nation of St. Maarten and was transferring to a flight to Washington when he was stopped by security, airline spokesman John Hotard said. A screener noticed the outline of a handgun in a fanny pack as it passed through an X-ray machine.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,4286,DI_CO_20020219_009602,00.html?mod=air