Gun, ammunition confiscated from air passenger

[jolinar of malkshor]

A man was arrested at the Calgary International Airport Tuesday after a handgun was detected in his carry-on luggage.
Security officers in a pre-boarding screening area at concourse D noticed the gun inside the luggage and alerted police just after noon Tuesday.
Police arrested the man without incident and seized an unloaded, small calibre handgun and several rounds of ammunition from the bag, said Calgary police. They believe the man was flying to Saskatoon.
Ziad Mohamad Jeha, 30, of Calgary, has been charged with possession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace, possession of a concealed weapon, possession of a weapon without a permit and possession of a restricted weapon with readily accessible ammunition.
Calgary police said the suspect is known to them.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/sto...rport-gun.html

Another example of stupid people. Is he really that stupid? Or was he trying to see if security would pick up on the gun? As much as I think that CATSA personel are completely useless, it is pretty hard not to see a hand gun come up on the screen of a x-ray machine.

[ken0042]

And why bring a gun to Saskatoon?

Winnipeg, sure- I understand that. But Saskatoon?!

[flylock shox]

Quoting the only person to post a response to the article so far:

"So who is going to be te 1st paranoid citizen and scream "terrorist" after reading the guy's name? Or how about the the redneck who is going to make a comment based on the ethnic background of the charged?"

Hard not to raise an eyebrow about that.

[MelBridgeman]

The dumbest thing ever

[FlamesAddiction]

The police said that he was known to them, so he was probably in a gang or something.

What a dumb-ass. He should have just sent his gun ground delivery via DHL and picked it up in Saskatoon.

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by flylock shox

Quoting the only person to post a response to the article so far:

"So who is going to be te 1st paranoid citizen and scream "terrorist" after reading the guy's name? Or how about the the redneck who is going to make a comment based on the ethnic background of the charged?"

Hard not to raise an eyebrow about that.

I don't think we need a name to draw a connection between terrorist and a guy trying to get a gun plus ammo onto a plane, whether that was his intention or not.

When i read it was a unloaded gun i figured the guy was just a moron and thought that would be good enough, but then he packed the ammo to makes one wonder about intentions.