The Nation : 3 Held in Smuggling Plot
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Two Turkish citizens and a Canadian businessman were arrested on charges of conspiring to buy and smuggle to Iran $10 million in sensitive radar and electronics equipment, the U.S. Customs Service announced in Newark, N.J. The arrests at Port Newark capped an investigation that began five months ago when Metin Tanir, 49, president of a Montreal communications firm, approached an undercover Customs agent seeking to buy the equipment, said Customs agent Michael Kaufman.
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