Tokyo airport police find 30 bullets in American Airline crew's bag

Japanese airport police found 30 bullets in an American Airlines crewmember's carry-on bag and said Wednesday that the flight attendant apparently carried them through his security checks at US airports. Police at Tokyo's Narita International Airport seized the bullets, loaded in two magazines, after finding them Saturday during a security check before the man boarded his duty flight back to the US. He was not carrying a gun. Airport police official Masatoshi Ito said the crewmember — identified only as a male US citizen in his 50s — told police he forgot to leave the bullets before boarding his Tokyo-bound flight. Keeping bullets in carry-on bags on flights is illegal under US law. Police released the man later Saturday as he posed no danger of destroying evidence, Ito said. The man and the airline also promised to cooperate in any future investigation. Police are still investigating why the bullets were undetected when he arrived at Narita and went through customs. Japanese police are also considering a possible violation of the gun and sword control law, but the flight attendant was not charged with any crime.<br/>