(CMR) Customs and Border Control (CBC) confirmed that they are in possession of the firearms taken from Anton Parygin. Although Parygin had charges against him for illegally importing the firearms dropped, CBC will only release them if Parygin provides evidence that he can legally import them into another country or obtains a firearm license from the Commissioner of Police.
Parygin was freed of the charges after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions told the courts last week that it no longer wished to proceed to trial.
Parygin arrived in the Cayman Islands on 28 January 2023 and brought in three firearms: a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol, a 12-gauge shotgun, and a semiautomatic rifle with a 16-inch barrel. He was charged with six counts of importation and possession of an unlicensed firearm.
When he appeared in court last month, Prygin's attorneys, KC Ben Tonner and James Stenning, argued that he did not illegally import the firearms as he declared them to Customs and Border Control (CBC) when he arrived at the Owen Roberts International Airport.
- Fascinated
- Happy
- Sad
- Angry
- Bored
- Afraid