Fine for passenger with gun in baggage
18.11.09
An American security guard who was carrying a gun and a flick knife in his luggage at Edinburgh Airport has been fined £1000. Jeffrey Baumgardner, who now lives in Markinch in Fife, was returning to Pennsylvania after failing to find security work in Scotland. However, as his bags were being checked in, security staff spotted the outline of a gas-fired pistol. They found a flick knife in his other suitcase.
Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard that Mr Gardner had mentioned the gun to staff at the check-in desk, but had failed to declare them properly to security staff. On Tuesday, the 38-year-old pleaded guilty to failing to declare the gun and knife and being in possession of an offensive weapon on September 16 last year.
Mr Baumgardner is returning to live in the US with his wife. He was fined £1000, but allowed to keep the weapons and make the proper arrangements for their transport.
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