Travelers to the Turks and Caicos Islands are finding that very small things in their luggage can result in very long prison sentences.
Tyler Wenrich, 30, of Virginia, was arrested April 20 after authorities said they found two bullets in his backpack as he was getting ready to leave, according to CBS.
All guns and ammunition are banned in Turks and Caicos. This year, the prison sentence for violating the law was extended to include tourists, who previously could pay a fine for the offense. The mandatory minimum sentence is 12 years.
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“I feel like, as a very honest mistake, that 12 years is absurd,” Jeriann Wenrich, Tyler’s wife, said.
“My son’s only 18 months old, and I just don’t want to him to grow
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