Istanbul (dpa) – Turkish customs officials impounded a fifth Iranian truck on Wednesday, following four seized the previous day on suspicion of carrying military materials to Syria, state news agency Anatolian reported. A foreign ministry official told dpa earlier on Wednesday that four Iranian-registered trucks had been impounded late Tuesday on suspicion of carrying “military materials” to Syria. The official confirmed that materials had been removed from the trucks and sent to the capital Ankara for examination, but was unable to say whether or not they had yet been identified as having a military use. The trucks were all impounded at the Kilis border crossing between Iran and Turkey. Turkish daily Milliyet reported that the move was prompted by a tip-off and the vehicles contained military materials. Last year, Turkey joined the US, European Union and Arab League in imposing wide-ranging sanctions against Syria, in response to that country's crackdown on dissenters in which more than 5,000 have died according to United Nations estimates. This includes a ban on the supply of materials with military use, the ending of transactions with Syria's central bank and the suspension of credit agreements. On Wednesday, a ship carrying weapons bound for the Syrian port of Latakia was also intercepted in Cyprus, according to a Lebanese radio report. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/hy2t1 Tags: Smuggling, Turkey, Weapons Section: Europe, Iran, Latest News, Syria