Does anyone recall the media story about the driver stopped with pipes going to Iraq,that the authorites thought were being assembled to make a large weapon,this was before the first Gulf war,of Kuawait/Iraq,Sadam Husein was president then.Wonder what happended to the driver and company exporting the “pipes”.?
If you can believe anything a politician tells you, it is well recorded here 
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1990/apr/23/mr-paul-ashwell
Click on above link for it to open.
Cheers wheelnut for digging that up.I recalled the driver had long hair,didnt realise he got as far as Greece before getting stopped.