Red Bank, New Jersey, America, 27 December 2011

A Gujarati NRI patient at Riverview Medical Center was arrested after hospital staff found him with a gun.

Red Bank Police were called to the Front Street hospital early Thursday morning after emergency room staff said they believed an admitted patient was carrying a handgun.

Upon police investigation, Nirav Patel, 30, was found carrying a 22-caliber magnum revolver.

According to court documents, Patel admitted to carrying the gun but told police that he found it in the parking lot of a 7-11 convenience store.

He was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of a weapon. The court ordered Patel held on $50,000 cash bail with no 10 percent option.

It is unknown why, or for what, Patel was seeking medical treatment at Riverview Medical Center.

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