Rajasthan: Saudi national detained for possessing satellite phone

Jaipur: A Saudi national in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district has been detained for allegedly possessing a satellite phone, police said on Tuesday.

Acting on a tip-off, the local police raided a resort in Sam area on Monday night and recovered the satellite phone from the possession of the 48-year-old tourist, who was staying in the resort, SHO Sam police station Narendra Panwar said.

As he could not furnish any documents or permission regarding the possession and use of satellite phone, he along with four other locals who were with him, were brought to the police station for interrogation, Panwar said.

Intelligence agencies are interrogating them, he added.