FUZHOU - Police in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian province, said Sunday an investigation had been launched into a case involving a FedEx package containing a gun.

The public security bureau of Jin'an District said that it had earlier received a report that a gun was found in a FedEx package sent by a US client to a sporting goods company in Fujian.

The gun has been seized by Fuzhou police and the investigation is underway.