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| Egyptians uncover car-smuggling tunnel |
| 2009-12-13 |
| [Ma'an] Egyptian authorities on Saturday stormed a smuggling tunnel used to transport cars into the besieged Gaza Strip, according to Egyptian security sources. Egyptian security sources told Ma'an that state security forces in Rafah received information about a smuggling tunnel on the Salah Ad-Din border area between Egypt and Gaza, where cars were being smuggled underground. The tunnel was found on a farm 300 meters from the border, they said. The sources added that authorities seized another tunnel used for trafficking cars 18 months, with a 2.5-meter diameter, facilitating the transfer of 30 Hundai Vernas. Security sources they have discovered nearly 1,300 tunnels, of which 450 were raided by Egypt this year. On Thursday, Israeli media reported that Egypt began building a wall around the Gaza border, consisting of sheaths of metal, which the authorities said was undertaken to curb smuggling into the Gaza Strip, where both Israeli and Egyptian authorities have prohibited the opening of borders and only intermittently allowed the transfer of vitally needed humanitarian aid. |
| Posted by:Fred |