French special forces operators boarded an Iranian smuggling vessel bound for Yemen this month, uncovering thousands of assault rifles and 20 anti-tank guided missiles.
seized more than 2,000 assault rifles and 50 tons of ammunition after halting another suspected smuggling vessel just days prior to the French operation on Jan. 6. The USS Chinook deployed a boarding team to a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman with support from the USS Monsoon and USS The Sullivans on Jan. 6, discovering a crew of Yemeni nationals.An Iranian smuggling vessel halted by U.S. Navy forces.
The U.S. Navy routinely patrols common smuggling routes in the Gulf of Oman. Iranian vessels smuggling weapons to Yemen must travel east through the gulf before heading south to Yemen. International law and the U.N. Security Council ban the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer of weapons to Houthi rebels in Yemen.vessels confronted a U.S. convoy in the Strait of Hormuz in June 2022, with one of the vessels closing within 50 yards of the USS Sirocco.2,000 assault rifles confiscated by the U.S. Navy from Iranian smugglers.approached Sirocco head-on at a dangerously high speed and only altered course after the U.S.
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