3 arrested with gun after Pope's arrival

By With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited by Susan Garland

February 16, 1982

Kaduna, Nigeria

Nigerian police arrested two men and a woman at Kaduna airport and recovered a loaded pistol three hours after Pope John Paul II arrived there Feb. 14, the News Agency of Nigeria reported. It was not known if the three were believed to be a threat to the pontiff.