Ahmedabad: A passenger of Spice Jet
flight was on Tuesday found carrying live cartridges in his baggage
at the Sardar Vallabhai Patel Airport (SVPA) here, a CISF
official said.
"Ten rounds of live cartridges were detected from the
baggage of a passenger of Ahmedabad-Chennai flight this
morning during the routine X-ray screening. But the cartridges
were found to be of a licensed weapon belonging to him," the
official said.
"The weapon licence and related documents were
examined which were found to be genuine," he said.
"The passenger had forgotten to take out the
cartridges from the baggage and admitted to his glaring
mistake," the official said adding he was later allowed to
travel.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 16:11