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Turkiye thwarts delivery of 1,3000 booby-trapped pagers heading to Lebanon

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The Turkish intelligence has seized 1,300 booby-trapped pagers intended for Lebanon, identical to those used in the attack in the country in September, Turkiye’s Sabah newspaper reported. According to the report, a few days after the Mossad bombing of pagers in Lebanon, another 1,300 pagers were seized in Istanbul airport en route to Lebanon. According to the report, the Turkish Intelligence Organisation (MIT) received information about the pager shipment and began inspecting airports and ports, discovering that the shipment was planned for 27 September. The reports were part of a shipment brought into Lebanon via complex routes, involving front companies in several countries, including Bulgaria, Hungary, Hong Kong and Taiwan, before passing through Turkiye. READ: UAE lifts travel ban from Lebanon amid warming ties […]

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