Illegal knives found in FedEx parcels

Dangerous knives under strict sales and transportation control have been found in FedEx parcels, Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday, citing unidentified official sources.

The United States express delivery service provider is suspected of illegally transporting such knives to Hong Kong, the report said.

The knives have been seized by Chinese authorities and the case is still under investigation, it said. The report did not disclose the source of the knives.

It is not the first time that FedEx, which opened its business in China more than three decades ago, has been suspected of engaging in illegal actions.

In August, local police in Fuzhou, capital city of Fujian province, said they had seized a handgun in a FedEx parcel sent from a US client to a local company in Fujian.

In early June, FedEx was placed under investigation after Huawei, one of China's largest telecom manufacturers, said it had diverted two parcels sent from Japan and addressed to Huawei in China to the US.