2 detained at airport for possessing bullets

Pune | Friday | 11th January, 2019

Summary:

The bullets were detected during baggage check at the time of issuing boarding passes to the duo. Both were later handed over to the Airport police.Senior inspector Dilip Shinde said, “They were detained between 4am and 4.30am after the baggage scanners revealed that they were transporting bullets. He visited Pune to meet his son, an IT professional, in Wagholi.”He said, “The seized bullets would be sent to ballistic experts. They later told the police that they were not aware that the bullets were in their baggage.”Shinde said, “The businessman possesses a firearm licence. “He had not declared the live cartridges before placing the baggage for screening,” a spokesperson told TOI.A CISF source said the man was questioned and then handed over to the police..