Italian Police Uncover Missiles In Consignment Of Oranges-AFP
ROME (AFP)--Two four-meter medium-range missiles have been found at the southern Italian port of Bari stashed among crates of oranges in a truck bound for Germany, police said Tuesday.
The lorry's two German drivers - as well as contacts at their destination - were being questioned after the U.S.-made AMRAAM air-to-air weapons docked from Greece aboard a German-registered vehicle.
"Two (delivery) documents, instead of one, (going to) two different German towns, were found on the lorry," said local police chief Giuseppe Ialacqua after a customs inspection revealed the unlicensed cargo.
The missiles, typically fired as a guided missile from one aircraft with the aim of destroying another aircraft, had been stripped of their explosive charges.
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ROME (AFP)--Two four-meter medium-range missiles have been found at the southern Italian port of Bari stashed among crates of oranges in a truck bound for Germany, police said Tuesday.
The lorry's two German drivers - as well as contacts at their destination - were being questioned after the U.S.-made AMRAAM air-to-air weapons docked from Greece aboard a German-registered vehicle.
"Two (delivery) documents, instead of one, (going to) two different German towns, were found on the lorry," said local police chief Giuseppe Ialacqua after a customs inspection revealed the unlicensed cargo.
The missiles, typically fired as a guided missile from one aircraft with the aim of destroying another aircraft, had been stripped of their explosive charges.
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