Airport Security Force on Monday caught a US national who was trying to travel along with the bullets from Jinnah International Airport Karachi.
Sources said the US national was identified as Joel Cox. He was traveling from Karachi to Islamabad by flight PK-308.
During the routine search by the ASF staff, 15 bullets of 9mm pistol along with a magazine were found in his bag. The sources said after recovering of the material, the suspect was later handed over to the Airport Police for registering a case against him for possessing bullets and the magazine.
Airport police station SHO Khalid Mehmood confirmed the arrest of the US national and registration of an FIR against him. Khalid said the police had registered an FIR 65/14 under Section 23-A on the complaint of ASF against him. Further investigation was underway.
