Chennai: A Congress leader from Palakkad was arrested at Coimbatore airport for possessing a gun and bullets. Palakkad DCC vice president KSBA Thangal was arrested at Coimbatore airport on Tuesday morning after the officials found a gun and seven bullets in his possession.

KSBA Thangal is also the former chairman of Pattambi Municipality. He arrived at the airport to travel to Bengaluru and and then to Amritsar. The gun and ammunition were found while the authorities were checking his luggage.

Though KSBA Thangal stated that it is an unused old gun, he was taken into custody by the security personnel after he failed to produce documents related to the license.