Puerto Rico man charged with attempting to board flight to US with stun gun, box cutters
By APWednesday, May 19, 2010
Puerto Rico man caught boarding plane with weapons
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — U.S. authorities have charged a man with attempting to board a flight from Puerto Rico with weapons including a stun gun, a switchblade knife and four box cutters.
Prosecutors say Jose Pol was passing through a security checkpoint at the island’s main airport when Transportation Security Administration agents discovered the weapons in his carry-on luggage.
FBI spokesman Harry Rodriguez said Wednesday that investigators are trying to determine whether Pol has any affiliation with terrorist organizations.
Pol was scheduled to take a JetBlue flight to Boston when he was arrested on Monday. In addition to the knives agents found pepper spray and a flight simulator program in his luggage.
