American tourist arrested in Cartagena with a 9 mm gun in his suitcase

Authorities captured a 30-year-old American woman who intended to leave Rafael Núñez International Airport with a gun in her suitcase. The woman had arrived in Cartagena on vacation, and despite security filters at three different airports, no authority stopped the passenger. In her suitcase, the traveler had a 9mm gun, more than 20 bullets and two magazines for that firearm. She had been in the country for a week and, it was at the end of that time, when she intended to return to her country, she was arrested.

“Uniforms from the airport Police Station captured a woman of American nationality, who intended to board a flight to the capital of the country, with a gun, Taurus brand, model g2c 9 mm, with two magazines and 24 9 mm cartridges, inside her suitcase,” Colonel Wilson told the press Parada, deputy commander of the Cartagena Police.

The detainee told the authorities that she had obtained the gun, legally, in her country, in one of the promotions that are usually held and known as Black Friday. She stated that it was normal for her to travel with a gun.

Upon his arrival in Colombia, he managed to pass without any problem through the United States airport, the airport in Bogotá and the airport in Cartagena. On his way out of 'la Heróica', authorities from Rafael Núñez International Airport found something strange in his suitcase as he passed it through the security scanner. A more thorough search found the artifact and accessories it had with it.

The woman assured that she did not know that a special permit was needed in the country to carry her weapon. She was mobilizing with the gun to several tourist sites. The American tourist was placed at the disposal of the Attorney General's Office, and is accused of committing the crimes of manufacturing, trafficking, carrying or possessing firearms, accessories, parts or ammunition. According to Colonel Wilson Prada, deputy commander of the Cartagena Police, 231 firearms and 10,911 sharps have been seized so far in 2022.

“The prisoner was placed at the disposal of the Attorney General's Office for the crime of manufacturing, trafficking, carrying or possessing firearms, accessories, parts or ammunition, where her judicial status will be defined,” the authority added.

This case recalls what happened last March in the Valley, when, after a search, the Unit of the National Model of Quadrant Surveillance seized a firearm from a 16-year-old girl. That artifact was hidden in his school supplies.

“When the police are present at the school, they enter the classrooms and begin to check the briefcases, they find the teenager's firearm inside her school supplies,” the colonel said. It was a walter P-99 pistol revolver with a supplier.

The teenager was placed in the hands of the authorities for their respective hearing. Likewise, the psychosocial team, made up of a family advocate, a social worker and a psychologist, was responsible for restoring the rights of the child. A young student was apprehended and charged with committing the crime of manufacturing, carrying, trafficking or possession of firearms and ammunition.

The authorities called on families to be more aware of their children because this could have ended in a serious tragedy. At the time, the real intentions of the student with that gun could not be clarified.

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