Egypt confiscates fuel meant for Gaza

Wednesday April 15, 2009 09:00 by IMEMC & Agencies

Egyptian sources reported on Tuesday that Egyptian border police confiscated 19.000 litres of fuel which were meant to be smuggled into the Gaza Strip via underground tunnels.

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The police arrested the drivers of four trucks carrying fuel and are searching for two others who abandoned their trucks and escaped.

The arrested drivers were identified as Samir Mohammad Suleiman, Nasser Abdul-Wahab, Al Dosouqy Mohammad Al Dosouqy, and Rashid Mohammad Hasan, the Maan News agency reported.

Also, the Egyptian police confiscated a truck containing clothes also meant for Gaza.The driver, Adel Sbeih Oweidh, was arrested.

In an another incident police confiscated a truck filled with cement close to the entrance to a tunnel. The driver and others with him apparently escaped through the tunnel.

Earlier on Tuesday, Egyptian security sources said that two more tunnels had been discovered in the border area.

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