Serbian state news agency
Tanjug reported that the missiles, which cost around $110,000 each, had been
packed inside wooden crates.
Documents with the package
listed the final destination for the package as Portland, Oregon
Serbian authorities are
investigating reports that a US-bound cargo package containing two laser-guided
missiles was found on a passenger airline.
N1 television said the two
AGM-114 Hellfire missiles were discovered on Saturday by a sniffer dog after an
Air Serbia flight from Beirut landed at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport.
A source at the
prosecutor's office in Serbia told Reuters the missiles had been due to be
transferred to another plane.
The source told the news
agency: "Experts are determining whether the missiles were equipped with
live or training warheads.
"They were packed in
proper transportation crates and supplied with paperwork which is also being
scrutinised."
Lebanese security services
said the two Hell-fires were training missiles used by the Lebanese army and
were being returned to the US. US and Lebanese authorities were aware of the
shipment and the missiles posed no threat to the public, a source told Reuters.
The FBI in Portland said it
was looking in to the reports. Spokeswoman Jennifer Adams said: "We don't
have any information on that yet."
The US-made Hellfire
missiles can be fired from air, sea or ground platforms.
Air Serbia is co-operating
with the investigation. The Serbian airline said "security and safety are
the main priorities for Air Serbia".
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