1.   A unit the size of the Israeli prototype, which can handle an entire pallet of luggage, would also be useful for checking food cargos, he said.

2.   For the first four months after the terrorist attacks, the state stopped every truck to check cargo.

3.   In such shipments, couriers hired by freight companies travel on commercial airlines, checking a cargo as passenger baggage.

4.   Police were also stopping trucks to check their cargo.

5.   Police boarded the ship to prevent any trouble between crew members and customs officers as they checked the cargo, the officer said.

6.   A security company was checking the cargo Wednesday when both dogs zeroed in on a pallet of FedEx boxes, the Coast Guard said.

7.   Its cargo was checked, and as in the three previous boardings, no al-Qaida were found.

8.   Cargos will be checked thoroughly if they carry mice or fleas, which could transmit the deadly disease to human beings, the official said.