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Court order: Case against FBI agent to be dropped
By Web Desk / AFP
Published: May 19, 2014
FBI agent Joel Cox. PHOTO: INP
KARACHI: A local court in Karachi ordered that the case against the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agent, who was apprehended at Jinnah International Airport, should be dropped, Express News reported on Monday.
The FBI agent, Joel Cox, was arrested at the Karachi airport on May 5 for carrying ammunition. He was later released on bail on May 8.
A district judge in Karachi, Hasan Ali Kalwar, quashed the case after police failed to present any evidence against the agent.
Cox was presented before district court Malir and the police presented a final report regarding the case after which the court gave the order. On May 10, the court had ordered the police to submit the final challan today (Monday). In the final report the police had said that this whole situation had occurred because of a misunderstanding.
Kalwar said police had invoked an incorrect section of the law.
“He was not carrying any weapon but was carrying only the bullets and magazines,” the judge was quoted as saying by a court official.
During the hearing of the FBI agent case today, the court also ordered that his belongings be returned to him.
Police did not pursue the case after the interior ministry informed them that the agent was authorised to carry the ammunition, police officer Khalid Mehmood told AFP.
A letter from the US embassy was also presented before the court by the FBI agent’s lawyers. The letter stated that Cox was on a mission and was allowed to carry the ammunition.
Cox was travelling from Karachi to Islamabad by PK-308 on the evening of May 5 when a routine search by Airport Security Force (ASF) staff at the Jinnah International Airport found 15 bullets and a magazine in his bags.
He was detained before being handed over to the airport police station. A case was lodged against him under Section 23 1(a) of the Sindh Arms Act, 2013. When he was presented before the district Malir court the following day, the court had sent him into judicial remanded till May 10.
The district and sessions court Malir had released Cox after the payment of a surety bond worth Rs1,000,000.
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Court dismisses case against FBI agent Joel Cox
Dawn.com*
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent arrested for trying to board a domestic civilian flight with bullets and a knife in his luggage identified as Joel Cox Eugene (in blue shirt),coming outside from Artillery Maidan Police Station after court granted him bail on payment of sureties of Rs 1,000,000 ($10,000), on Thursday May 8, 2014. — Photo by INP
KARACHI: The case against FBI agent, Joel Cox, who was arrested from Karachi's Jinnah International Airport for allegedly carrying ammunition and three knives onto an airplane, was formally dismissed on Monday after a request by the city's police was submitted before a judge in a Karachi court, DawnNews reported.
Earlier during the day, police had submitted its final chargesheet in the case according to which Cox was issued a written authority letter by the US consulate to carry a weapon for his personal protection.
The authority letter was verified by the Federal Interior Ministry following which police requested the court to drop the case.
Observing that all circumstances were in favour of Joel Cox, the court decide to dismiss the case against the FBI agent.
The US citizen was arrested on May 5, at the Jinnah International Airport after security personnel found a bullet-filled magazine and a knife in his possession.
The detained person was later revealed as an agent of the US FBI.
A court in the provincial capital city had granted bail to the agent on May 8, and following theForeign Office's disclosure that the detained person did not enjoy diplomatic immunity, had asked police to charge Joel Cox.
By Web Desk / AFP
Published: May 19, 2014
FBI agent Joel Cox. PHOTO: INP
KARACHI: A local court in Karachi ordered that the case against the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agent, who was apprehended at Jinnah International Airport, should be dropped, Express News reported on Monday.
The FBI agent, Joel Cox, was arrested at the Karachi airport on May 5 for carrying ammunition. He was later released on bail on May 8.
A district judge in Karachi, Hasan Ali Kalwar, quashed the case after police failed to present any evidence against the agent.
Cox was presented before district court Malir and the police presented a final report regarding the case after which the court gave the order. On May 10, the court had ordered the police to submit the final challan today (Monday). In the final report the police had said that this whole situation had occurred because of a misunderstanding.
Kalwar said police had invoked an incorrect section of the law.
“He was not carrying any weapon but was carrying only the bullets and magazines,” the judge was quoted as saying by a court official.
During the hearing of the FBI agent case today, the court also ordered that his belongings be returned to him.
Police did not pursue the case after the interior ministry informed them that the agent was authorised to carry the ammunition, police officer Khalid Mehmood told AFP.
A letter from the US embassy was also presented before the court by the FBI agent’s lawyers. The letter stated that Cox was on a mission and was allowed to carry the ammunition.
Cox was travelling from Karachi to Islamabad by PK-308 on the evening of May 5 when a routine search by Airport Security Force (ASF) staff at the Jinnah International Airport found 15 bullets and a magazine in his bags.
He was detained before being handed over to the airport police station. A case was lodged against him under Section 23 1(a) of the Sindh Arms Act, 2013. When he was presented before the district Malir court the following day, the court had sent him into judicial remanded till May 10.
The district and sessions court Malir had released Cox after the payment of a surety bond worth Rs1,000,000.
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Court dismisses case against FBI agent Joel Cox
Dawn.com*
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent arrested for trying to board a domestic civilian flight with bullets and a knife in his luggage identified as Joel Cox Eugene (in blue shirt),coming outside from Artillery Maidan Police Station after court granted him bail on payment of sureties of Rs 1,000,000 ($10,000), on Thursday May 8, 2014. — Photo by INP
KARACHI: The case against FBI agent, Joel Cox, who was arrested from Karachi's Jinnah International Airport for allegedly carrying ammunition and three knives onto an airplane, was formally dismissed on Monday after a request by the city's police was submitted before a judge in a Karachi court, DawnNews reported.
Earlier during the day, police had submitted its final chargesheet in the case according to which Cox was issued a written authority letter by the US consulate to carry a weapon for his personal protection.
The authority letter was verified by the Federal Interior Ministry following which police requested the court to drop the case.
Observing that all circumstances were in favour of Joel Cox, the court decide to dismiss the case against the FBI agent.
The US citizen was arrested on May 5, at the Jinnah International Airport after security personnel found a bullet-filled magazine and a knife in his possession.
The detained person was later revealed as an agent of the US FBI.
A court in the provincial capital city had granted bail to the agent on May 8, and following theForeign Office's disclosure that the detained person did not enjoy diplomatic immunity, had asked police to charge Joel Cox.
