Chinese police launch probe after handgun found in FedEx package

Police in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, said Sunday an investigation had been launched into a case involving a FedEx package containing a gun.

A FedEx delivery truck is pictured in Shanghai on August 9, 2019. [Photo: IC]

The public security bureau of Jin'an District said that it had earlier received a report that a gun was found in a FedEx package sent by a U.S. client to a sporting goods company in Fujian.

The gun has been seized by Fuzhou police and the investigation is underway.