US Tourists Fined and Released for Ammo Violations in Turks and Caicos
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Tyler Wenrich, an American tourist, was fined $9,000 and avoided further jail time after being caught with ammunition in Turks and Caicos. He is one of five US tourists recently detained for similar offenses. The country has strict laws with a potential 12-year minimum sentence for ammunition possession, but no US citizen has received this sentence yet. Wenrich and others claimed they were unaware of the ammunition in their luggage.
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