Syria-Iraq border
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Report: Syria catches weapons-smuggler
Local news agencies say Iraqi truck driver arrested with weapons meant to 'harm internal security'
Syrian forces arrested an Iraqi truck driver this week after discovering weapons and ammunition during a search of his vehicle, local news agencies reported Friday.
The reports say the weapons were intended "to carry out operations to shock internal security, sow chaos, and harm stability in Syria".
A source described as "knowledgeable" said that "internal security forces arrested on March 7 a truck driver of Iraqi citizenship who was driving a refrigerated truck. A search at the border revealed that he was in possession of a large supply of guns, explosives, ammunition, and night vision goggles hidden inside."
The same source said the driver had admitted that the weapons had been loaded onto the truck in a garage in Baghdad and intended to hand them over to a man in Syria, with whom he had been in touch by phone.
He added that he was to receive $5,000 in exchange. "We will settle accounts with the ones behind this," the source was cited as saying.
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