Turkey Seizes 1,200 Warheads, Explosives Near Syria Border

Turkey Seizes Truckload Of Warheads Near Syria Border
An armored vehicle drives in front of Turkish-Kurd protesters demonstrating on the Turkish side as Syrian Kurds gather on the other side of the border in Mardin's Nusaybin district, on October 20, 2013. Kurdish people protest against the construction by the Turkish government of a 2.5-kilometer-long wall along the border between Turkey and Syria. AFP PHOTO/ MEHMET ENGIN (Photo credit should read MEHMET ENGIN/AFP/Getty Images)
An armored vehicle drives in front of Turkish-Kurd protesters demonstrating on the Turkish side as Syrian Kurds gather on the other side of the border in Mardin's Nusaybin district, on October 20, 2013. Kurdish people protest against the construction by the Turkish government of a 2.5-kilometer-long wall along the border between Turkey and Syria. AFP PHOTO/ MEHMET ENGIN (Photo credit should read MEHMET ENGIN/AFP/Getty Images)

ISTANBUL, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Turkey seized a truck loaded with 1,200 rocket warheads and other weapons near the border with Syria on Thursday and detained nine people, the private Dogan news agency reported.

The truck, which was also carrying bazookas, explosives and guns, was seized in Turkey's southern province of Adana, Dogan quoted provincial governor Huseyin Avni Cos as saying. (Writing by Ece Toksabay; Editing by Nick Tattersall)

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