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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Egyptians seize more goods bound for Gaza

Ma'an
Egyptian security forces detained five smugglers, uncovered a tunnel and seized electronic equipment and spare auto parts in the border area with Gaza on Friday, according to security sources in Cairo.

These sources told Ma'an the tunnel was discovered in the Al-Brazil area of Rafah, which borders both Egypt and Gaza, and added that security forces overran the area where quantities of goods and equipment were found en route to the besieged coastal strip.

Five suspects were detained on charges they intended to smuggle car parts...
Motorcycles, refrigerators and tons of sugar... Full story
at 10/17/2009 04:50:00 AM