Truckload of weapons seized in Beirut

Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST Feb. 8, 2007

The Lebanese army on Thursday intercepted a truck full of weapons in a suburb east of Beirut, the country's information minister said.

Ghazi Aridi, the information minister, said the military handed in the report on the arms seizure to Defense Minister Elias Murr during the government session.

"The preliminary information says the truck came from (eastern Lebanon's) Bekaa Valley," said Aridi, adding that an investigation was under way to determine the type of weapons and who they were intended for.

Witnesses said it was a six-wheel truck, stopped in the Hazmiyeh suburb. Some unconfirmed reports said it contained mainly machine guns and other light weapons.

Posted on 12 February 2007 @ 12:30