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The U.S. Navy has seized an arms shipment of thousands of illicit assault weapons, machines guns and sniper rifles hidden aboard a ship in the Arabian Sea likely headed for Yemen.

Updated: May 9 2021, 17:31 ET The Navy seized a vast haul of military grade weapons hidden on a ship bound for Yemen - including a cache of assault rifles and machine guns. An American defense official said that Navy’s initial investigation found the vessel came from Iran, tying the Islamic Republic to arming the Houthis despite a United Nations arms embargo. 5 US navy team seized nearly 3,000 Chinese Type 56 assault rifles and hundreds of other heavy machine guns and sniper riflesCredit: AFP...

The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey discovered the weapons aboard what the Navy described as a stateless dhow.

POLITICO They were likely bound for Yemen. Weapons that the U.S. Navy described as coming from a hidden arms shipment aboard a stateless dhow are seen aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey on Saturday in the Arabian Sea. | U.S. Navy via AP By ASSOCIATED PRESS Link Copied DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Navy announced Sunday it seized an arms shipment of thousands of assault weapons, machines guns and sniper rifles hidden aboard a ship in the Arabian Sea, apparently bound for Y...

Despite a civil war and the COVID-19 pandemic, Yemen remains a crossing point for tens of thousands of East African migrants headed for Saudi Arabia. When laid out on the deck of the Monterey, the scale of the find came into focus. Sailors found nearly 3,000 Chinese Type 56 assault rifles, a variant of the Kalashnikov. They recovered hundreds of other heavy machine guns and sniper rifles, as well as dozens of advanced, Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles. The shipments also included several ...

DUBAI: The US Navy announced Sunday it seized an arms shipment of thousands of assault weapons, machines guns and sniper rifles hidden aboard a ship in the Arabian Sea, apparently bound for Yemen to support the country’s Houthi rebels. An American defense official told The Associated Press that the Navy’s initial investigation found the vessel came from Iran, again tying the Islamic Republic to arming the Houthis despite a United Nations arms embargo. Iran’s mission to the UN did not imme...

U.S. Navy seizes hidden cache of weapons likely bound for Yemen The ship in the Arabian Sea was traced to Iran and carried assault weapons, machine guns and sniper rifles.     Weapons from a hidden arms shipment aboard a dhow were transferred Saturday to the U.S. Navys guided-missile cruiser Monterey on Saturday, May 8, 2021. [ U.S. NAVY | AP ] Updated 49 minutes ago DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Navy announced Sunday it seized an arms shipment of thousands of assault weap...

U.S. Navy seizes weapons in Arabian Sea likely bound for Yemen By Associated Press Share: 3 Photos Weapons that the U.S. Navy described as coming from a hidden arms shipment aboard a stateless dhow are seen aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey on Saturday, May 8, 2021. The U.S. Navy announced Sunday it seized the arms shipment hidden aboard the vessel in the Arabian Sea, the latest-such interdiction by sailors amid the long-running war in Yemen. (U.S. Navy via AP) ...

The US Navy announced on Tuesday that its guided-missile destroyer, the USS Winston S. Churchill, had seized illegal shipments of weapons from two small ships while sailing in international waters off...

The U.S. Navy says it has seized a large cache of weapons being smuggled by ships off the coast of Somalia