[gandalftb]

Doesn't JFK have an 5 dagger limit for carry on?

[bergmeid]

Did Janet Incompetano fail again?

[gandalftb]

Of course! The weapons and ammo were ornamental only, for ceremonial purposes, so JFK waived them through.

[TomGuy]

six metal boxes containing two 9mm pistols, 250 bullets, two swords, and 11 daggers

The System sure is working at JFK.

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[sniper63]

Is he gonna get his Miranda rights read to him?

[a fool in paradise]

tried to pass through customs with six metal boxes containing two 9mm pistols, 250 bullets, two swords, and 11 daggers, a security official at the Cairo International Airport told Al-Masry Al-Youm. “Mohamed Ibrahim Khalf, a professor of botany at a US-based school, was transferred to a state security prosecutor for further investigation,”

"A feller could have a pretty good adventure in the jungle with all that stuff..." - Indiana Slim Pickens

[neodad]

Sad when Cairo has better security than us...

[nuvista]

Unless this guy was going to access his checked baggage while in flight, this doesn’t make any sense. In my experience, Customs in Egypt and other ME countries is generally very thorough - unless you’re a “VIP”, they open everything! There’s no way 6 metal boxes filled with weapons and ammo was going to get through. On the surface, doesn’t make sense...

[Red Badger]

They system worked................for Egypt!..........

[DTogo]

Hunters in the US transport unloaded guns and ammo in checked luggage all the time. Can’t speak for Egyptian laws on gun ownership.

[fatima]

This is nuts.

[rrrod]

Soooo much here...from union NYC scum to mussie scum. LOL

[ryan71]

Amish guys touring Egypt now?

[theBuckwheat]

“Mohamed Ibrahim Khalf, a professor of botany at a US-based school,..”

Obviously it was his poverty and oppression that drove him to this desparate act.

[TChris]

Airport with weapons? Now you’re talking!

[Oldpuppymax]

Well what the hell...he didn’t have a nuke, did he!!?? Then the system WORKED!!!

[gandalftb]

Other reports are identifying him as “Mohamed Ibrahim Marei”.

[Mister Da]

Hmmmmmm. If we don’t properly screen departing passengers & their luggage, then why would we expect any other country to do so?

[valkyry1]

Of course this amount of hardware had to be smuggled in past the TSA, They cant be that bad while they are looking at grand ma’s can they?

[Old Professer]

What does a botany prof need guns for?

[Cindy]

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