 [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Libyan authorities on Monday said they seized a shipment of Ottoman Turkish arms into Libya through the country’s port of Misrata, the London-based pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported.
An official from the Misrata port customs said it had "managed to seize a shipment of weapons containing Ottoman Turkish pistols inside a container with some household items and children’s toys used as camouflage," in a move that marks a violation of the UN resolution banning the sale and transfer of arms to Libya.
The shipment contained 556 cartons, each containing 36 pistols, which is equivalent to about 20,000 pistols, officials noted, failing to give information on the sender or recipients. |