ST JAMES, Jamaica — The police have charged the Florida man who was allegedly caught with prohibited weapons hidden in his luggage at the Sangster International Airport (SIA) on Friday, November 29.

Charged with trafficking prohibited weapons, possession of prohibited weapons, dealing in prohibited weapons and stockpiling prohibited weapons is 42-year-old Shaun Duncan, a commercial driver of Cypress Pointe Boulevard, Davenport in Florida.

Reports from the Firearm and Narcotics Investigation Division are that at about 4:00 pm, Duncan arrived in Jamaica on Southwest Airlines and brought his luggage to the scanning machine where it was scanned. The image interpreter reportedly detected several anomalies in his luggage.

The police said officers of the Jamaica Customs Agency enforcement team were informed and a search was done in his presence.

During the search, the officers found six firearms, 200 .357 magnum bullets, two Glock automatic switches, and nine pistol magazines.

Duncan was arrested and later charged following a question and answer interview in the presence of his attorney. His court date is yet to be finalised.

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