[其它] 【美联社 20111221】芬兰警方在预计前往上海的货船上查获爱国者导弹

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HELSINKI (AP) -- Around 160 tons of explosives and 69 surface-to-air missiles have been found by Finnish officials on a cargo ship bearing a British flag and ultimately destined for China, authorities said Wednesday. They said they didn't know the origin of the Patriot missiles or who was supposed to receive them.

The M/S Thor Liberty sailed from the north German port of Emden on Dec. 13 and two days later docked in Kotka, southern Finland, to pick up a cargo of anchor chains, officials said. Its final destination was Shanghai, but it wasn't clear whether that's where the arms shipment was going, officials said.

Detective superintendent Timo Virtanen of the National Bureau of Investigation said dock workers found massive amounts of picric acid - an explosive - and the missiles as they were loading the chains and alerted inspectors.

Some of the explosives were not stored properly, customs spokesman Petri Lounatmaa said, adding that an investigation was launched into a possible breach of Finnish export and weapons trading laws and that the cargo would be impounded if determined to be illegal.

"At this stage we don't know where it was loaded on the ship or if the Thor Liberty planned a drop before its port of destination in China," Lounatmaa told The Associated Press.

赫尔辛基（AP） -芬兰当局于周三表示，他们发现带有英国国旗的船舶上的货物中160吨炸药和69面空导弹，而这些东西最终是运往中国的 。他们说，他们不知道这些“爱国者”导弹的来历，也不知道谁会来接应这些货物。



官员说，这艘名叫自由雷神的机动船于12月13日从德国北部埃姆登港口起航，两天后，停靠在芬兰南部，科特卡。官员说，它的最终目的地是上海，但目前还不清楚是否是运送军火。



国家调查局的侦缉警司蒂莫维尔塔宁说，码头工人发现大量爆炸性三硝基酚和导弹，他们已加链并通知督察。



一些炸药存放不当，海关发言人的Petri Lounatmaa说，调查发现这些可能违反了芬兰的出口和武器交易的法律，如果确定是非法的，货物将被扣留。

Lounatmaa告诉美联社记者。“现在，我们不知道它是在哪里被装上船舶的或者说是这艘船在在抵达中国之前是否还会在哪里停靠。”

                                                                                                  

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