Czech man with bullet detained at airport

Sources said Perkana Polasek arrived at Chennai from Uttar Pradesh along with his wife and daughter around 6 pm in a SpiceJet flight. As they were about to travel to Kochi on the same airlines that was scheduled to leave at 8.05 pm, the security officials found a 9mm bullet while scanning his baggage and retrieved it.

The officials cancelled his journey while his wife and daughter boarded the flight. Pekana Polasek showed his licence for possessing the gun and added that he was not aware that a bullet was inside the baggage.

He also informed that the officials in Varanasi failed to spot the bullet during the scanning. However, the officials handed him to the airport police station, who in turn detained him forfurther inquiry.