US citizens held on airport with gun cartriges

UNDER CUSTODY: The police have registered a case under the Arms Act against the two US women.

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New Delhi: Two American women were detained by the Siliguri police following the recovery of 11 cartridges and a magazine from their baggage at the Bagdogra Airport on Tuesday morning.

A Siliguri court has rejected their bail pleas, remanding them in judicial custody till April 17.

The women, identified as 57-year-old Monica Bond and her daughter 37-year-old Heather Bond, are residents of California.

They were scheduled to board an Air Deccan flight to Delhi when they were intercepted by the state police.

The police have registered a case under the Arms Act against them.