Two arrested at airport for loaded gun in luggage

It may not involve terrorism but two visitors to Belize are in a heap of trouble tonight as security officers at the Philip Goldson International Airport found a loaded pistol in their luggage. Forty-four year old Ryan Roark and forty-one year old Tichakorn Chaikumnerd, both of California, were charged with Keeping an Unlicensed Firearm and Ammunition. On Sunday afternoon the couple was arrested after a nine millimetre Walther pistol with eight rounds was discovered in their suitcase when it went through the airport scanning machine. The pair pleaded not guilty, claiming that they borrowed the bag from a colleague in San Pedro and had no idea it contained a gun. They were freed on bail of twelve thousand dollars and will reappear in court on January thirtieth.