Egyptian police seize 1.5 tonnes of explosives in central Sinai

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Egyptian police seized 1.5 tonnes of explosives in central Sinai on Monday, Egyptian security officials said, adding they suspected the material had been destined to be smuggled into the Gaza Strip.

One Egyptian official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that security forces on a routine patrol found the explosives packed in 40 sacks and hidden in a mountainous area.

Egyptian police routinely find large quantities of explosives and ammunition in Sinai, sometimes hidden in tunnels near the border with neighbouring Gaza.

Tension have also mounted recently between Egyptian police and Sinai Bedouin who took to the streets in April over the deaths of two Bedouin in a chase with the police.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/866915.html

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1. a drop in the bucket

but good PR for Egypt.

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2. Well, it did make me wonder what gets missed. nt