UAE protocol officer's rifle was antique, embassy clarifies

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ISLAMABAD: The rifle recovered from a local Emirati protocol officer luggage at Islamabad Airport was clarified to be an ‘antique& which
has relevant paperwork attached with it, said the United Arab Emirates (UAE) embassy in Pakistan.The embassy rebutted a circulating new
report regarding UAE protocol officer Rashid Sanan Ali, stating that the rifle was an antique which had been mistaken as a working rifle by
authorities
"The rifle was an antique and had the relevant paperwork also attached with it
The authorities had mistaken it for a working rifle and demanded license for the gun which was much required," stated the embassy.The news
report had stated that the officer was stopped at the airport from transporting the rifle to Dubai through a private airline, and had been
confiscated form him after he was unable to show the license to the authorities.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the
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