Police: Canadian woman arrested at JFK with guns

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AP New York
Last Updated : Sep 23 2014 | 12:45 AM IST
Police say a 24-year-old Canadian woman has been arrested at Kennedy Airport with handguns, ammunition and 15 kilograms of marijuana in her checked baggage.
Joseph Pentangelo is the spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police. He says the Scarborough, Ontario, woman was arrested at about 9:30 am yesterday in Terminal 5.
He says Nyesha McPherson had two .40-caliber handguns, 350 rounds of ammunition and four magazines in addition to the drugs, all concealed in boxes, tubs and household products.
Pentangelo says she had been ticketed to fly to Barbados. He says McPherson was arrested without incident.
She is in custody and unavailable for comment. It isn't clear who was representing her.
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First Published: Sep 23 2014 | 12:45 AM IST

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