Third American tourist arrested in three months for bringing bullets to Turks and Caicos

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A third American tourist in three months has been arrested for bringing bullets to Turks and Caicos while on vacation. Tyler Scott Wenrich’s wife said the two bullets authorities found in his suitcase were there accidentally. Now he’s facing the possibility of more than a decade in prison. NBC News’ Priya Sridhar reports.
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@higgs923 18 күн бұрын

Who in the world travels internationally without repacking every last thing every time?

@gnia5705 18 күн бұрын

Who takes ammunitions & firearms to another country??😂

@joeldriver-sp2rg 17 күн бұрын

He didn't bring firearms, there were two bullets he forgot or didn't know were in luggage. What are you talking about?

@Honeymybiscuits 17 күн бұрын

@joeldriver-sp2rg either way he is doing long time in prison

@TDT-2405 17 күн бұрын

Who? Stupid people obsessed with guns.

@ThomasFromTN 17 күн бұрын

@@joeldriver-sp2rg What Turks and Caicos is talking about is potentially a 12 year sentence. Want to make this about individual rights...take it up with them, Champ.

@JjLl2221 17 күн бұрын

Americans.

@theclueguy3388 18 күн бұрын

Okay... now the real question to ask here is why is ammunition making it past the TSA? This is 3 times were hearing about. How many more times have there been?

@glep3570 18 күн бұрын

Likely because checked baggage with a few rounds isn't important to the TSA. But, it is important to the Turks and Caicos. Clearly, T&C got tired of giving warnings and is ready to make some examples.

@carterthefarmer 18 күн бұрын

Checked bags which are fine if it's less than a certain amount

@zammmerjammer 18 күн бұрын

The TSA has a failure rate of around 70% when they are tested by the DHS. They are "security theatre."

@VoteForBukele 18 күн бұрын

Blame the government for your stupidity. As usual. 😏

@lukeoliver6488 17 күн бұрын

You’d be hard pressed to find a bigger farce than TSA. It’s the crew who wasn’t smart enough for FBI, State Dept etc

@ladhkay 18 күн бұрын

How are they getting past TSA??

@MileHile 18 күн бұрын

Was *just* asking the same ?...

@zammmerjammer 18 күн бұрын

The TSA has a failure rate of around 70% when they are tested by the DHS. They are "security theatre."

@righteousbyfaithinChrist 12 күн бұрын

Yeah, grwat thought. Maybe they are being framed to cause intl incidents?

@emilye1055 16 күн бұрын

This is crazy. Way overboard of them

@NoHate606 18 күн бұрын

Ignorance of the law is not a defense of breaking the law.

@LightofBankai 18 күн бұрын

Ignorance of the law is not an excuse.

@brianherrera1390 3 күн бұрын

Apparently it is if your white. I know it should not be life but yeah.....

@akgrown98 36 минут бұрын

Yep and now he gets 12 years! Seems pretty crazy to me. Don't go to Turks and Caicos!

@janiekcarney5482 17 күн бұрын

Educate yourself. Others countries have their own laws.

@user-tz7kt9iz9l 17 күн бұрын

What is really going on here?

@Susweca5569 18 күн бұрын

I'm not buying their story.

@checkoutmyyoutubepage 17 күн бұрын

Same here. I don’t trust them for a second.

@davidmilton5887 16 күн бұрын

8 times since 2022. No way are they all accidents.

@benitosalazar3749 17 күн бұрын

Because them bullets are dangerous even without guns. Another country I would never set foot in.

@kemetancientafrica 6 күн бұрын

Who cares whether you go or not? Stay in your backwoods.

@thepoisonmonkeys 18 күн бұрын

Maybe we should require cognitive tests to travel internationally

@Susweca5569 18 күн бұрын

By that criteria there isn't a republican in the country who would pass the test and we'd be stuck with them here.

@thepoisonmonkeys 17 күн бұрын

@@Susweca5569 No fleeing to Mexico during a crisis?

@easy288 18 күн бұрын

When I return from a trip. I unpack everything. Sun the luggage in the sun for a bit. Sanitize. Then put it away.

@UT48D 18 күн бұрын

Another one? What is going on ?!

@checkoutmyyoutubepage 17 күн бұрын

They’re smuggling weapons.

@reecom9884 17 күн бұрын

In 1994, a court in Singapore sentenced an American teenager, Michael Fay, to be lashed six times with a cane for violating the Vandalism Act. After spending 83 days in jail, he was released early on 21 June on grounds of good behavior, and left Singapore for the US the next day. In the US the kid would have been given a sentence of community service hours and fined instead of jailed and whipped with a cane; know the laws of the country you are visiting or you can be spending years in prison!

@asha8443 18 күн бұрын

Please keep them in prison down there

@htmlclass23 18 күн бұрын

This is CRAZY AF....WHAT DO THEY THINK IS GOINGVON WITH RANDOM BULLETS IN A BAG?!

@Honeymybiscuits 17 күн бұрын

Sell them ? I bet it's a ammo smuggling ring

@johngalt1257 12 күн бұрын

@@HoneymybiscuitsYou are absolutely delusional. He had 2 bullets. You must not be very good at math or thinking in general, for that matter.

@syoung3602 12 күн бұрын

Very sorry but this is not TSA's fault for your mistake but it is TSA's fault for not doing their job properly.

@Bradastan 18 күн бұрын

Those rounds made it through TSA stateside?

@zammmerjammer 18 күн бұрын

The TSA has a failure rate of around 70% when they are tested by the DHS. They are "security theatre."

@rooster1012 18 күн бұрын

There is a video on YT of a guy being detained for smuggling BitCoin in his luggage that shows just how stupid the TSA truly are and with everyone laughing at the agents in the airport they still didn't get that the plastic toy coins were from a convention.

@mehrdadmahmoudi3681 12 күн бұрын

I have no remorse for gun nuts. They are so nonchalant about carrying amo around that they think it’s just no big deal.

@alisons9740 4 күн бұрын

💯 Guns are not normal. Visiting another country it not a right, nor are their authorities required to cater to Americans. The victim, whining their way out of it story here is BS.

@MileHile 18 күн бұрын

Paramedics are trained to use MEDICAL equipment- not guns. The state that gave this vacationer a CCP needs to upgrade their requirements. And WTAF, TSA?

@john_wick1 18 күн бұрын

dumb mistakes for not thoroughly check your luggage

@richjustrich8043 6 күн бұрын

People?? If you don’t know what’s in your bag, don’t know the laws in countries you’re visiting, it’s your fault.

@yyyaaadudemerida2798 17 күн бұрын

Play stupid games win stupid prizes

@ktown8139 15 күн бұрын

If you’re not smart enough to remove everything relating to guns before leaving america, especially after seeing 2 other americans arrested for the same thing, then perhaps you should stay in a country where guns are acceptable.

@nwmacguy 17 күн бұрын

So is the penalty there if they just had some loose bullets, but not ammunition, ie if they were re-loaders?

@dallasball6624 17 күн бұрын

The same people on here criticizing the hunter or shooting enthusiast is all of a sudden a law and order kind of person despite looking for pot as soon as they land.

@ATLIEN333 17 күн бұрын

👏🏿 👏🏿 👏🏿

@princesspeach258 11 күн бұрын

I totally agree that each country has the right to make its own laws, and tourists have a responsibility to follow them. On the other hand, if T & C is going to have such draconian laws and penalties, it will scare people away from traveling there and ultimately hurt their tourism industry. I have never owned a firearm or ammo, so that would never be an issue for me. But who knows what other strict laws they may have. I have no desire to travel there after hearing these stories.

@akgrown98 29 минут бұрын

💯

@NaomiePuma 17 күн бұрын

Did you all suddenly have amnesia? The same thing happened to BRITTNEY GRINER. She forgot her prescription products in her bag. Social media went crazy calling her names. Have you forgotten that this can happen to someone else? That why Jesus-Christ said in Matthew7.1-2 I hope that this gentleman was not one of the people who commented on BRITTNEY GRINER. If this is the case, ask forgiveness to GOD, because GOD watches over His Word to accomplish it.

@ICallItAsItIs 18 күн бұрын

Come on Americans, you've got to be smarter than this! Doing this in another country never ends well. These countries are always looking for ways to make an example out of Americans.

@Susweca5569 18 күн бұрын

This has NOTHING to do with making an example of Americans. It has to do with breaking another country's laws. Your rights don't extend beyond our borders, and your comment makes it perfectly clear that you're a MAGA.

@fearlessarchangel 11 күн бұрын

@@Susweca5569 Americans need to stop visiting your terrible countries. 12 years minimum for 2 bullets is so silly. Excellent weapon for corrupt cops to target people.

@akgrown98 27 минут бұрын

Don't travel to this country. Plain and simple. After there have been 8 arrests that is a sign.

@jeepguy4499 18 күн бұрын

What do all three of these people have in common?

@edblue2330 18 күн бұрын

All men

@Susweca5569 18 күн бұрын

Trump?

@charlesmonroy2183 18 күн бұрын

Stupid AF

@closrod335 18 күн бұрын

They have jobs and can afford to go on vacation

@VRILSHAMAN 18 күн бұрын

Spy ppl.

@joeldriver-sp2rg 17 күн бұрын

These situations are about as stupid as anything I've ever heard of in my life. There has to be some sort of logic applied in cases like this where clearly these people aren't intentionally bringing bullets to another country to do anything illegal yet I'm not seeing any. What exactly could somebody do with two bullets? Throw them at somebody??? This is literally so dumb it hurts by brain that they're actually putting these people in prison.

@Honeymybiscuits 17 күн бұрын

Every criminal says he isn't doing anything wrong

@ThomasFromTN 17 күн бұрын

How do you say "Blah Blah Blah" in the native language of Turks and Caicos? ["This is not America" - Pat Metheny Group (featuring David Bowie)]

@JjLl2221 17 күн бұрын

There is the complete logic of their own laws. Americans will eventually learn.

@b_f8852 16 күн бұрын

I don't think they are interested in catching American disease of 49,000 gun related deaths per year.

@webanon 18 күн бұрын

Slow news cycle? You literally posted the same story yesterday, but narrated by a male. Oh, and you censored my last comment pointing this out. Classy! 🍻

@Blaq_Versace 17 күн бұрын

They scary little people 😂😂, can’t hide from my sun 🌞

@Klako-ls6yt 9 күн бұрын

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Irresponsible gun owners lost track of their bullets.

@csaracho2009 17 күн бұрын

'Allegededly'???

@JessicaD.-vb9ho 12 күн бұрын

In America they'd have leniency on them due to being stupid but it doesn't fly other places.

@adden2242 18 күн бұрын

STOP Going to Turks and Caicos!! 😅😆

@rooster1012 18 күн бұрын

Why it is a great vacation spot and best of all you don't have to worry about some ignorant American endangering your family.

@rayray8687 17 күн бұрын

If you can’t even take a vacation without your little 9mm security soother then you should definitely stay home and hide under your special security blankie.

@rosec6680 5 күн бұрын

Yeah, the rest of the world would actually want to go.

@Zac.r90 18 күн бұрын

😲

@BarryHalls-uu9mx 18 күн бұрын

Sounds like Tuk and Caicos have a pretty good plant scam going on there . 🤔

@zammmerjammer 18 күн бұрын

How do they benefit from this "scam," pray tell? They have to pay to keep these guys in custody for months or years, and the entire legal process costs the country time and money. Do you know what a "scam" is?

@rooster1012 18 күн бұрын

Plant scam? All these people admit they left the ammo in their bags from previous trips how ignorant are you?

@BarryHalls-uu9mx 17 күн бұрын

@rooster1012 You admit it, too, under a stressful interrogation Skippy. Get off of you're know it all horse !

@BarryHalls-uu9mx 17 күн бұрын

@@zammmerjammer M O N E Y

@JjLl2221 17 күн бұрын

They’ve all confessed. Lol.

@wildcarma4022 17 күн бұрын

I don't feel sorry for them. They were irresponsible with their ammunition. What if a round were to discharge in the airplane cargo? Tourists need to be smart or face the consequences

@moore05586 17 күн бұрын

The rest of the world aren’t gun nuts. Check your bags or go to jail.

@Casca-su3ty 11 күн бұрын

But not in turkey s.....p is another continent another country. Ignorance

@Honeymybiscuits 17 күн бұрын

3rd irresponsible gun owner.

@paulgram3967 17 күн бұрын

Who travels with bullets,,,,,and WHO doesn't pay attention to what's in their luggage,,,

@alawrence5130 17 күн бұрын

I guess Turks and Caicos isn’t soft on crime!

@karenbusick5651 16 күн бұрын

There are signs posted everywhere at the airport "No Firearms or Ammo in carry on " These dudes/families had plenty of warnings before leaving! And quoting, "it was a honest mistake" BS I'm tired of tourists that do not understand that once you leave the laws of the land do not apply to you and can't do as they please without repercussions. I do not have any empathy for them or the family either. Give them the maximum sentence and a fine.

@chadkim8724 17 күн бұрын

It is absolutely thier own fault.

@luckydog7226 12 күн бұрын

Boycott TCI

@gessicawilliams4744 9 күн бұрын

You really should, there’s enough crime here already. We don’t need Americans to come and taint it way more.

@user-qu8lt3hf7e 18 күн бұрын

Republicans fault

@aa777flyer 18 күн бұрын

BIDEN FAULT! Trump would have them home in 5 minutes.

@user-qu8lt3hf7e 18 күн бұрын

@@aa777flyer nope wrong answer stupid

@d.n.8919 18 күн бұрын

It is not Trump or Biden’s fault that these three people were too dumb to check their bags before traveling to a foreign country. People need to take personal responsibility. The laws in other countries aren’t the same as the laws in America.

@user-qu8lt3hf7e 18 күн бұрын

@@d.n.8919 yup

@aa777flyer 18 күн бұрын

@@d.n.8919 No but Trump would have demanded their release, and they would comply.