American fined RM4,000 for possessing bullets at KLIA

David Allen Trail was caught with three rounds of ammunition as he was leaving for the US after a five-month business trip. (Reuters pic)

SEPANG: An American citizen found in possession of three rounds of ammunition without a valid permit at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) has been fined RM4,000.

Magistrate Bukhori Ruslan meted out the fine on David Allen Trail, 47, who pleaded guilty to the charge. Trail paid the fine.

Trail was charged with possessing two rounds of 7.62x39mm TulAmmo ammunition and a Russian-made 7.62x39mm Wolf bullet without a valid permit at KLIA at about 10.40pm on May 19.

The charge, framed under Section 8(a) of the Arms Act 1960, provides for a jail sentence of up to seven years, a RM10,000 fine, or both.

Trail was returning to the US after being in Malaysia for five months on a business trip.

During mitigation, his lawyer S Vivek said it was not an offence to be in possession of the ammunition in the US.

Vivek also said Trail did not have any criminal record in Malaysia or in the US.

Deputy public prosecutor Sabrina Zubairi prosecuted. - FMT