Taxi Driver Killed in Belmopan: Gives Police Information Before He Dies
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instead, nicholas moody is stuck in the united arab emirates, half a world away from his parents northern california home. the reason? this 23-year-old iraq war veteran was arrested. i was going through security and i got to the last security checkpoint to leave the country. they scanned by bag and they determined that the items i had were in violation of their laws. reporter: moody, now a private contractor, was on a y layover in aboabu dhabi. he wasn t carrying his gun, but he was toting parts that attached to a rifle. a plastic stock, a strap buckle and a gun-cleaning kit. typical items a soldier uses. makes sense. nicholas moody is a corporal in the national guard. he works now as a civilian for a private security firm in iraq. the thing is, those items
attached to a weapon or not are illegal in the uae. and after that airport search, nicholas moody was sent to jail with limited contact to back home. he really felt that it was possible that they were just going to look it over and decide that, okay, well, this is not serious and just release him. they felt the things in his possession could be considered related to firearms. and that made it a more serious situation. reporter: after 64 days in prison, uae officials did release him and drop the charges. why? moody says they didn t tell him the specific reason. officials typically do not discuss such things publicly. moody says when he gets his passport back, he is free to leave. i hope to make it home in time for the holidays. it s looking pretty hopeless as far as that area is concerned. reporter: the situation is not unique to nicholas moody.