Man Arrested After Loaded Guns Found In Luggage At Honolulu Airport
December 30, 2007 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
A man was arrested Saturday night after he tried to board a plane at Honolulu’s airport to the Mainland with two fully-loaded guns.
The State Sheriff’s Office said Christopher Hollie had hidden the semi-automatics in his luggage and refused to tell officers why.
The Sheriffs’ Office said this was a very unusual incident, and that it’s extremely rare for them to arrest a passenger trying to fly out of Hawaii with loaded guns hidden in his or her luggage.
The Sheriff’s Office in charge of airport law enforcement said Hollie was arrested at about 9 p.m. on Saturday.
TSA security said they found a .45 handgun and a .9 mm semi-automatic weapon. Both guns were loaded and concealed in his packed clothes, officials said.
Sheriffs said even though the guns were in checked luggage and were not going into the passenger section of the plane, it was of grave concern because both guns were fully-loaded and ready to use.
The Sheriff’s Office said Hollie told them he was going to Ohio.
Sheriffs said Hollie was uncooperative after he was arrested.
He told them he worked at Tripler Hospital, but he would not say why he was traveling with loaded guns.
The TSA in Washington told KITV that this was a good example of how TSA works with local law enforcement to provide airport security.
Hollie was booked into the Honolulu Police Cellblock Saturday night, unable to post $25,000 bail.
Police said Hollie faces four felony gun charges, including carrying unregistered weapons.
Hollie makes his first court appearance in Honolulu District Court Monday.
