Boat with weapons for Houthis seized

 

Boat with weapons for Houthis seized
The weapons and equipment confiscated from the dhow displayed aboard the deck of USS Forrest Sherman. - APA ship carrying illicit arms believed to be from Iran was intercepted last week off the southern Arabian Peninsula by a member of a U.S.-backed naval coalition and was not registered with any country, the U.S. Navy said Wednesday. The American description of the ship<0092>s seizure conflicted in some instances with an earlier account provided by a separate Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen<0092>s Shiite rebels, which claimed it had foiled the smuggling attempt. (Combined Maritime Forces photo via AP)

Riyadh - A coalition statement said that the vessel was intercepted on Saturday and that 14 Iranians and weapons including anti-tank shells were found on board.

By AFP

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Published: Thu 1 Oct 2015, 12:00 AM

Last updated: Thu 1 Oct 2015, 10:05 AM

The Saudi-led coalition said on Wednesday it had seized an Iranian fishing boat in the Arabian Sea loaded with weapons destined for Houthi rebels it is fighting in Yemen.
A coalition statement said that the vessel was intercepted on Saturday and that 14 Iranians and weapons including anti-tank shells were found on board.
It said that papers found on board the boat showed that it was registered to an Iranian and was licensed for fishing by the Iranian authorities. The vessel was seized 150 nautical miles off the Omani port of Salalah, the coalition statement said.
But a US Navy description of the ship's seizure conflicted in some instances with the coalition account. The US Navy's 5th Fleet, based in Bahrain, said a member of the Combined Maritime Forces, a longstanding multinational coalition, intercepted the vessel in international waters last Friday. - AFP
 

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