KOZHIKODE: Air Customs seized 59 handguns from the baggage of two passengers who landed at the International Airport at Karipur. The passengers, identified as Shakeel Ali Mohammed Salim and Rafeeq were coming from Germany via Dubai. They had reached the airport at Karipur by an Emirates flight on Thursday. While Rafeeq said he belonged to Bhat Nagar in Mumbai, Shakeel Ali Mohammed Salim claimed he was from Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. An official said the guns, which included 29 pistols and 30 revolvers, had been seized.
The passengers were being produced in court. The two claimed the guns were meant for "agricultural purposes".
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