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American Caught With Gun on Plane
26 October 2003
Associated Press
TIMISOARA, Romania — An American has been arrested for allegedly flying to Romania with an unloaded pistol and 55 bullets hidden in his hand luggage.
The authorities said Romanian-born Nicholas Slaina, a 68-year-old retiree from New York, flew to Timisoara from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Wednesday on the Romanian national carrier, Tarom.
The Romanian airport authorities alerted Customs officials to suspicious objects in Slaina's luggage,... (GunPolicy.org)