The ammunition was hidden in a heavy truck registered in Greece which was officially carrying in a load of coal from Albania bound for the island of Crete.

The 45 year-old Greek driver was taken into custody and was scheduled to appear later before the local state attorney in the town of Ioannina, near Kakavia, the frontier post where the discovery was made.

Last weekend Greek security agents boarded and seized a ship in Greek waters carrying a cargo 680 tonnes of high explosive.

The crew of seven of the Comoros-flagged Baltic Sky -- caught on its way to Sudan with the consignment of Tunisian-made explosives -- was remanded in custody and face felony charges of possessing and transporting explosives to third parties for outlawed activities.

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