Tourist Faces Charges in Dynamite Luggage Case
A U.S. tourist who told airport inspectors that dynamite in his bags was a souvenir from South America has been charged in Houston with breaking two security laws and could face up to 10 years in prison.
A grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Howard MacFarland Fish, 21, with carrying an explosive on an aircraft and entering an airport in violation of security requirements, U.S. Atty. Don DeGabrielle said. Fish, a student at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, was stopped at Houston Intercontinental Airport on Aug. 25 on his way home from Argentina.
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