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Lebanon intercepts ship suspected of smuggling arms to Syria
2012-04-27
Very interesting
The Lebanese Navy seized Friday a cargo ship suspected of carrying a large cache of weapons headed to Syria, security sources told The Daily Star.

The vessel, which bears the Egyptian flag and had been headed to one of SyriaÂ’s ports, was forced to dock at Selaata port, 50 kilometers north of Beirut, where its cargo is being inspected, the sources said.

Members of the crew have been put under arrest.

The ship set sail from the north Egyptian port city of Alexandria.

The inspection of the shipÂ’s cargo continues.
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