China confirms detention of American FedEx pilot suspected of smuggling ammunition

Via: MRZ  •  News & Politics  •  0 Comments  •  5 years ago

“customs officials in the southern city of Guangzhou detained a U.S. citizen Sept. 12 who was carrying 681 airsoft gun pellets in his luggage and...”

The pilot was first identified by the Wall Street Journal this week as Todd A. Hohn, a former U.S. Air Force colonel. Hohn was carrying nonmetallic pellets used in low-power replica air guns in a checked bag and cannot leave China pending the outcome of his investigation, the Journal reported,...