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Pakistan releases US man after bullets found in bag
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February 15, 2012, Wednesday
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A US embassy employee was released after being held in Pakistan yesterday when airport security officials discovered bullets in his luggage, police said.
The American was about to fly from the northwestern city of Peshawar to the capital Islamabad when he was taken into police custody, said Tahir Ayub, a police superintendent.
He was released after four hours when officials from the US consulate in Peshawar produced documents to show the man worked at the consulate.
"He's been released to the consulate," a US official in Islamabad said. "He's there now."
The American is an embassy employee usually based in Islamabad, the official said.
Ayub said a handgun and 12 rounds had been recovered from the man's luggage, while another police officer said security officials had only found bullets.
The detention was likely to revive memories of Raymond Davis, an American CIA contractor who shot dead two Pakistanis in the eastern city of Lahore in January 2011. He spent two months in jail before being released after the payment of compensation.
The American was about to fly from the northwestern city of Peshawar to the capital Islamabad when he was taken into police custody, said Tahir Ayub, a police superintendent.
He was released after four hours when officials from the US consulate in Peshawar produced documents to show the man worked at the consulate.
"He's been released to the consulate," a US official in Islamabad said. "He's there now."
The American is an embassy employee usually based in Islamabad, the official said.
Ayub said a handgun and 12 rounds had been recovered from the man's luggage, while another police officer said security officials had only found bullets.
The detention was likely to revive memories of Raymond Davis, an American CIA contractor who shot dead two Pakistanis in the eastern city of Lahore in January 2011. He spent two months in jail before being released after the payment of compensation.
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