Egyptians free surgeon after gun find

AN Irish surgeon has been released from custody in Egypt after being arrested at Cairo Airport yesterday for attempting to bring a pistol on board a plane in his hand luggage.

Dr Wahid Mikhail, aged 65, a locum from Howth, Co Dublin, was detained while attempting to board an Air France flight bound for Paris. Custom officers arrested the father of two after allegedly discovering a pistol and 17 bullets in his hand luggage.

However, Dr Mikhail, who holds both Irish and Egyptian passports, was released without charge, after being questioned for several hours.