Report: Turkey Nabs Explosives at Border
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Turkish authorities seized 200 pounds of plastic explosives Friday hidden in a truck as it crossed into Turkey (search) from Iraq, the Anatolia news agency reported.
Acting on a tip, paramilitary police searched the truck at the Habur border gate with Iraq (search) and found the C-4 explosives (search), 20 detonators and more than 10,000 bullets for automatic weapons hidden in a secret compartment, the agency reported.
Officials were not immediately available for comment.
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The truck driver was detained and authorities were investigating the incident, Anatolia said. The truck's destination was not immediately clear.
C-4 is a common variety of military explosives.
Radical Kurdish, Islamic, and leftist groups are active in Turkey and have carried out past attacks.