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| Two Israeli Arabs, Ukrainian Get Life Sentences For Arms Smuggling |
| 2012-03-13 |
| State media report that an Egyptian court has sentenced two Israeli Arabs and a Ukrainian to life imprisonment after convicting them of smuggling a machine gun and ammunition across the Israeli border into Egypt. The three were also fined around $10,000 each. The Ukrainian and one of the Israelis were arrested in November; the third suspect was tried in absentia. Prosecutors said the Ukrainian, the manager of a tourism company in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, had ordered the weapon from one of the Israeli defendants. The Ukrainian reportedly claimed he had ordered the weapon for personal protection. |
| Posted by:tipper |