The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officials have apprehended a US-bound passenger at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport for allegedly carrying 25 bullets in his baggage.
According to a senior CISF official, CISF officials deputed at the IGI airport to scan the baggage of commuters, detected bullet-like objects on the X-ray monitor while checking the bag of passenger Deepak Kumar Saxena on Sunday evening.
“During checking of the baggage, twenty-five live bullet rounds of 7.65 mm calibre were recovered from the passenger who was supposed to take a flight to Washington (the USA) along with two others,” said the senior CISF official.
The three passengers were not allowed to take the flight and were handed over to police for further investigation.