Italian authorities have seized Chinese military drones intercepted at an Italian port in a bid to stop them being shipped to a Libyan warlord. Three containers packed with the weapons were impounded on June 18 by officials at Gioia Tauro port in southern Italy after they were unloaded from a cargo vessel, the MSC Arina, sailing from China, sources told The Times. Labelled as parts for wind turbines, the Wing Loong unmanned aircraft were reportedly due to be loaded on a ship bound for Benghazi in Libya and delivered to General Khalifa Haftar, the strongman running the east of the country. Two control stations were included in the shipment, which violated a UN embargo on arms shipments to Libya. The containers have been impounded by

Source: Libya Today July 01, 2024 09:57 UTC