Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Jan 8: During the inspection of bags of passengers who reached the international airport here by a flight on Wednesday morning, January 8, officials found two live bullets. A person of Mangaluru origin presently said to have been employed in American military, has been taken into custody by the police.
The bag in which the two bullets were found belonged to a mother-son duo who reached the airport today. Both were taken into custody and checked.
Bengaluru International Airport (file photo)
The person said that he serves American military and has come here by availing leave. He claimed that as he hurriedly packed his belongings at the last minute, and that by oversight, two bullets which had fallen into the bag remained there.
The police are questioning the duo further.