*LAHORE* – Indian citizen carrying a pistol went undetected Tuesday on theWagah border following power failure on the Pakistani side.
The weapon, which was hidden in a pressure cooker, was recovered duringsnap-checking at Attari border through trained dogs.
The citizen, 75-year-old Multan Ahmed had arrived in Pakistan on April 13with his brother Nasir to meet his family in Multan.
According to Pakistan’s Customs, recurrent power outage during the day hadcaused the scanner to become inoperative, leading to manual checking of theluggage.
The elderly man informed Indian immigration authorities duringinvestigation that a Lahore resident one Abdul Rehman had handed overa pressure cooker box to him, which, he wanted to be given over to hisfriend. The unnamed, however, hadn’t shared the whereabouts of his friend.