(AP/Washington Post) Turkish customs authorities at the port of Ambarli, 20 miles from Istanbul, seized a radio-controlled missile and launcher as well as a number of other rockets and warheads from a ship headed for Egypt from Ukraine, said Kursad Tuzmen, the minister in charge of foreign trade and customs. Tuzmen said the ship from Ukraine had unloaded containers, labeled "spare parts," and another ship was scheduled to carry the cargo to Egypt. When the crew of the second ship arrived at customs, they began asking about an "armaments shipment" they had to transport to Egypt.
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