1.   The supergun first came to light two years ago at Tees Dock, Middlesbrough, where Customs agents seized a shipment of giant steel tubes destined for Iraq.

2.   For example, Uzbekistan authorities seized a shipment from Kazakhstan this month that they said contained radioactive material.

3.   In addition, German police seized small shipments of plutonium last summer, heightening fears about a hemorrhage of nuclear material from the former Soviet Union.

4.   Last year, shipments were also seized at the airport in Rio and coming in from Paraguay.

5.   Raids like the one in February are increasing, and fashion houses are working closely with customs officials around the world to seize unauthorized shipments.

6.   The new plan allows American forces to seize shipments of arms in some cases.

7.   Then the Customs Service, tipped off by the owner of a competing clip company, Gem Office Products, began seizing the shipments.

8.   UN officials were also worried that the vital shipments might be seized by the regime for distribution to its militia.

9.   Police then seized the shipment of imported tobacco for checks.

10.   Authorities seized a shipment of powerful explosives and weapons after a gunbattle Saturday with alleged Islamic guerrillas, who exchanged fire with police then fled into the dark.