Falklands' court fines Argentine lawyer for attempting to export live round as “historic souvenir”

Friday, April 12th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

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Daniel Sebastian Ujhelly, an Argentine lawyer who had come to the Falkland Islands to take part in the Stanley Marathon was fined £650 in the Summary Court on Friday and ordered to pay £150 prosecution costs, after having pleaded guilty to an offence under the Fire Arms and Ammunition Ordinance 1987, reports this week's edition of the Penguin News. Read full article

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Idlehands
700mm sounds more like an artillery shell. I'm not convinced one 36 years old found on a battlefield is safe anywhere.
Apr 12th, 2019 - 09:11 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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Martin Woodhead
A 700mm round is some sort of Battleship shell!
He'd be unable to lift it :)!
Anything that hasn't been rendered inert by a professional is potentially hazardous the chemicals may have become inert or become unstable your only find out by picking it up or exposing it to heat or pressure changes that's why you don't put stuff like this in hold luggage
Apr 12th, 2019 - 09:33 am - Link - Report abuse +2
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JustinKuntz
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-targets-illegal-firearms

Actually in the UK illegal possession of ammunition carries a sentence of 10 years not 5. He's a lucky boy but a complete moron for taking live ammo on a plane.
Apr 12th, 2019 - 09:47 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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Islander1
Typo error- 7mm ammunition round - but still potentially unstable and explosive after so many years exposure. Dumb idiot “Lawyer” who apparently cannot read the standard signs in multi languages in airports worldwide!
Apr 12th, 2019 - 10:12 am - Link - Report abuse +2
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golfcronie
7.62mm standard Nato ammunition of an SLR rifle
Apr 12th, 2019 - 05:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Roger Lorton
Idiot lawyer? Argentina seems to produce a few of those ;-)
Apr 12th, 2019 - 10:41 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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DemonTree
Not too smart, with all the security around airports today.

Plus you don't mess with unexploded ordnance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cun-LZvOTdw
Apr 13th, 2019 - 09:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Sergio Aracri
Justin Kuntz, Malvinas no es Gran Bretaña.
Apr 18th, 2019 - 11:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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