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There are reports in the Zimbabwean newspapers of an American hunter that has been arested in Zimbabwe for trying to board a plane with two pistols and three hundred rounds of amunition.He was lucky got off with a Ten million zimbabwean dollar fine which is the equiavalent of Seveenteen us dollars. | ||
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zee, Please post a link to the article. Global Sportsmen Outfitters, LLC Bob Cunningham 404-802-2500  | |||
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I assume this is the article: American arrested in Zimbabwe free pending court Reuters Tue 9 Oct 2007, 9:39 GMT HARARE, Oct 9 (Reuters) - An American citizen arrested by police in Zimbabwe on charges of smuggling and illegal possession of arms and ammunition was freed pending a court appearance later on Tuesday, a U.S. embassy official said. Zimbabwe's state radio reported late on Monday that the man, Leslie Francis Howell Jr from Florida, was arrested at Victoria Falls airport on Friday when he tried to board a plane with two pistols and 300 rounds of ammunition. Police could not immediately comment but officials at the U.S. embassy in Harare confirmed the arrest. "He was arrested but was released and his passport has been taken so that he will not leave the country," an embassy official told Reuters. "We understand he will appear in court sometime today," said the official, who would not confirm suggestions by diplomatic sources that the man was on a hunting trip in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation said the American was expected to be charged in court in the north-western town of Hwange. The man arrived in Harare on Sept. 21 and had been travelling around the country armed until his arrest, ZBC said. He "is suspected to be part of a ploy by the United States to scare off tourists and to depict Zimbabwe as an unsafe destination," the radio said. Zimbabwe is grappling with a severe economic crisis which critics blame on President Robert Mugabe's policies and has left the country with the world's highest inflation rate and surging unemployment. Mugabe, 83, and in power since independence from Britain says sabotage and economic sanctions by Western powers, including the United States, has hurt the economy. ____________________________________________ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett. | |||
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I did not see where he was a hunter when I first read the story. I was wondering where NE 450 No 2 is...  Now that we have his name, does anyone know him? ------------------------------- Some Pictures from Namibia Some Pictures from Zimbabwe An Elephant Story | |||
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Maybe he is a member of the TSA just testing their security!!! Peter. Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright, that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong; | |||
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Soory guys i am not the most computer literate guy around here is the link for the article i read.http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/crime9.17020.html | |||
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This is some kind of sham. Les is one of us and a AR member. I doubt it had anything to do with scare tactics. More probable to hunt with a pistol and or, target shoot. I imagine he's sweating this one and can't imagine what kind of monkey shines they (Zim officials) are pulling. I hope he makes out OK. LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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When leaving Zim in September, we had a bit of a tense situation. Five of us were traveling together and checked 10 bags. The slacker checked us in placed all of the bags in one nonhunter's name. Therefore, there was ammo in bags that did not correlate with Zim gun permit holders names. About an hour of bag searchs and repositioning ammo under the supervision of a radio toting swaggering dwarf finally got us squared away with a terse lecture. Never mind the baggage check in screw up. There is probably a VERY logical explanation(in our terms). Jeff | |||
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That's what I figured.
Of course, arresting someone who is there hunting wouldn't scare anyone else off.  ------------------------------- Some Pictures from Namibia Some Pictures from Zimbabwe An Elephant Story | |||
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I can think of a lot of places I'd rather be than a jail cell in Zimbabwe. I hope they just charge him another $10 million ZIM and let him leave for home. Paul Smith SCI Life Member NRA Life Member DSC Member Life Member of the "I Can't Wait to Get Back to Africa" Club DRSS I had the privilege to fire E. Hemingway's WR .577NE, E. Keith's WR .470NE, & F. Jamieson's WJJ .500 Jeffery I strongly recommend avoidance of "The Zambezi Safari & Travel Co., Ltd." and "Pisces Sportfishing-Cabo San Lucas" "A failed policy of national defense is its own punishment" Otto von Bismarck | |||
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I wonder if he had the Zim pistol permit. I'm sure there is much more to the story. Anyone know who he was hunting with? We could get more info from them. _______________________________  | |||
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See peashooters post on the other thread... https://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/...=262106447#262106447 | |||
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