Coimbatore: City police have ordered Salem-based doctors because they tried to send a air gun to Uttar Pradesh through air cargo.
Sugen, security agent at Coimbatore International Airport, has found a gun when filtering luggage, said Head of CK Security Murugan Police.
“The tax invoice from the consignment was issued by Syndicate Innovations International Limited in Ghaziabad.
The gun was sold by the company for one Stephen Samuel from Vinayakampatti in Salem and shipping ordered from Salem through courier services.
The consignment should not be brought forward by air cargo and is a violation below The rules of the plane law, 1934, “he said.
The Peellamedu police started an investigation.
Introduction Investigation revealed that Samuel Stephan, a doctor who owned a hospital in Salem, bought an online air gun for his son a month ago.
Because it was wrong, the doctor tried to send him to the company at Uttar Pradesh to fix it.
He did not tell the courier company that it was a gun.
The police registered fir against Stephan below 10 (1) from the 1934 aircraft Act and 40 aircraft security rules in 2011.
TNN