US Navy says it has seized a huge cache of weapons hidden aboard a stateless dhow, a traditional Mideast sailing ship, in Arabian Sea
This handout photo courtesy of US Navy and made available on May 10, 2021, shows a vessel on which weapons were seized USS Monterey in international waters of the North Arabian Sea.
The US Navy's Fifth Fleet has seized a huge cache of "illicit" Russian and Chinese weapons from a stateless dhow sailing in international waters of the North Arabian Sea. The Fifth Fleet, which is based in Bahrain, said on Sunday the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey intercepted the vessel and discovered the cargo during a routine boarding, in a two-day operation on May 6-7.
"The cache of weapons included dozens of advanced Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles, thousands of Chinese Type 56 assault rifles, and hundreds of PKM machine guns, sniper rifles and rocket-propelled grenades launchers," it said in a statement. The arms are in US custody and their source and intended destination is under investigation, it said.
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