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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 terrifying haul was discovered after a guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey discovered the weapo...
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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 Yemen to support the country’s Houthi rebels. An American defense official told The Associated Pres...
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 hundred rocket-propelled grenade launchers and optical sights for weapons. The Navy’s Mideast-bas...