Air passenger held for carrying unlicensed revolver

Kozhikode: A man was arrested for carrying a revolver along with 10 cartridges in a handbag without valid documents at Karipur airport here today, CISF officials said.
35-year-old K Ashique was held by CISF personnel for carrying a revolver, whose licence was found to have expired in May 2007, as he was about to board an Air India flight to Kochi this morning, they said.
Relatives of the passenger later furnished documents to prove that Ashique had applied for renewing the revolver's licence.
24/12/09 Press Trust of India