A man was detained on Sunday at Dazhou Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province for carrying weapon, local police said.

 

According to the police, a pistol was found in interlayer of the man's handbag during the security check before he attempted to go aboard an Airbus 319 to Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province.

 

The airplane was scheduled to take off at 4:30 p.m. and delayed about one hour due to the incident. It took off at 6 p.m.

 

The police are conducting investigation on the incident.

 

(Xinhua News Agency January 15, 2007)