14 bullets packed in plastic bag recovered

Fourteen bullets packed in a plastic cover were recovered on Saturday from Kulathupuzha area in the

district and a special ballistics team would examine them, police said.

Two civilians spotted the abandoned package and informed police, officials said.

The ballistics team was informed and were on their way to the spot to look into the make of the bullets and the gun

in which they could be used, police said. Kulathupuzha, around 60 km from here, is in the eastern

side of the state bordering Tamil Nadu. In another seizure, 60 bullets used in country made guns

was recovered from a man during a routine vehicle check by excise officials at the Kerala-Karnataka border.

The man, who was carrying the bullets in six packets in his car, did not have the necessary papers, police said

He was taken into custody and was being questioned, police said.