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NEWS ABOUT: arms smuggling

arms smuggling stories: 3 news summaries

 Israel Captures Alleged 
 Iranian Arms Ship 

Smuggled weapons were headed for Hezbollah, Israel says

Nov 4, 09 10:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel has seized a cargo ship it says was being used to smuggle hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Though the ship has been sequestered, Israel tells the BBC it does not believe the crew was aware of the operation, and that the weapons were... More »

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Iran • Israel • Lebanon • Hezbollah • Mediterranean Sea • search and seizure • weapons • arms smuggling

Tubby Texas Con Smuggles Gun in Flab

Cops missed pistol
in 3 separate searches of 500-pound man

Aug 9, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - An obese inmate in Texas has admitted to smuggling a gun into prison, the AP reports—in between his rolls of fat. Authorities had searched George Vera, 25, at least three times after initially arresting him for selling illegal copies of CDs, but never found the unloaded 9mm pistol. The... More »

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Texas • obese • inmates • guns • gun possession • arms smuggling

 N. Korea Ship 
 Sails Toward 
 Sanctions 
 Showdown 

US Navy shadows ship suspected of smuggling arms to Myanmar

Jun 21, 09 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A North Korean ship the US Navy has been tailing is heading to Myanmar, and is about to become the first test of new UN sanctions against the Pyongyang regime, the New York Times reports. The US Navy suspects the Kang Nam is smuggling arms, and will search it if... More »

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North Korea • Myanmar • UN sanctions • US Navy • Kang Nam • John S McCain • arms smuggling

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