Aussie woman found with live ammo at Changi airport
An Australian woman was let off with a warning after she was found with two rounds of live ammunition at Changi Airport on 12 October last year.
According to a Northern Territory News report, Jessica Powter, 34, had left the two 8cm-long bullets used to shoot buffalo in her camera bag after a one-off hunting trip three years ago.
"The bullets were rolling about in the car so I put them in my backpack and forgot about them," she was quoted by the paper as saying. The camera bag had supposedly passed several airport checks previously, including two at Brisbane and one at Cairns.
Powter, who was returning to Darwin via Singapore from a holiday in Thailand, said that she had been detained for 23 hours and that she had her passport confiscated, was searched and interrogated, then handcuffed and escorted from the airport.
Her family was kept informed of her situation by the Australian High Commission during her detention. She also wrote a letter of apology to the Singaporean authorities before her release.
Local police confirmed with TODAY that "an Australian woman was arrested at Changi Airport Terminal One on Oct 12 at about 1.35pm for an offence of unlawful possession of arms or ammunition".
The paper quoted a police spokesman as saying, “After careful consideration of the facts and circumstances of the case, and in consultation with the Attorney-General's Chambers, she was issued with a warning in lieu of prosecution."
