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A suspected shell weighing 32 kilograms was found in a shipping container at a port in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, leading to the arrest of four Chinese citizens. The Chinese embassy claimed it was a liquor bottle, while local police stated it contained explosives.

According to reports by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on November 3, a suspected artillery shell was discovered inside a commercial freight shipping container in Papua New Guinea. Local police confirmed it was an unexploded 130mm Chinese Type 59 artillery shell, containing chemical explosives and a fuse. The Chinese Embassy in Port Moresby had previously claimed the object was a shell-shaped wine bottle.