US Intel Helps NATO Ally Seize China 'War Drones'

Chinese drone components seized in Italy's southern Calabria region were undeclared, customs authorities said.

Customs police in southern Italy have announced the seizure of an undeclared shipment of Chinese 'war drones' bound for Libya in a weekslong sting operation reportedly coordinated with the help of intelligence from the United States.Authorities in Italy's southern Calabria region said on Tuesday that the bust of six containers from China at the port of Gioia Tauro uncovered the 'fuselages and wings of drones intended for military use.

-backed government in the capital of Tripoli since 2020.Libya has been stricken by over a decade of civil war since the NATO-backed overthrow of the country's late leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. A U.N. embargo prohibits the transfer of arms and military equipment to and from Libya's Mediterranean ports.

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