U.S. Cruise Passenger Detained in Italy After Gun ...

A 77-year-old U.S. citizen touring from Tennessee to Venice was charged in Ravenna, Italy, after safety on the Porto Corsini Cruise Terminal discovered a firearm in his baggage.

In accordance with information reports, the person was on the brink of board a cruise ship to Croatia, which was scheduled to go away later in Civitavecchia, Italy. The firearm discovered was a 6.35mm Browning semi-automatic pistol.  It was detected throughout routine X-ray screening on the terminal.

The person claimed he had a sound U.S. gun license and that he forgot the firearm was nonetheless in his backpack.  Italian police seized the weapon, charged him with unlawful firearm possession, and issued a deportation order.

Particular particulars of the precise cruise ship title weren’t offered within the preliminary report, and public cruise schedules from Civitavecchia present that many vessels function on routes to the Adriatic together with Croatia.

This story may remind readers of an analogous incident simply final March the place a 73-year-old U.S. vacationer was arrested on the Kobe Cruise Terminal in Japan for carrying a handgun.   On this case the weapon was detected after airport screenings had did not flag it.  Expenses have been filed, however prosecutors later dropped them.