US Navy Seizes Weapons from Fishing Vessel in the Arabian Sea

[Sherman A1]

U.S. 5th Fleet ships seized approximately 1,400 AK-47 assault rifles and 226,600 rounds of ammunition from a stateless fishing vessel during a flag verification boarding in accordance with customary international law in the North Arabian Sea, Dec. 20.

U.S. Navy patrol coastal ships USS Tempest (PC 2) and USS Typhoon (PC 5) found the weapons during a search conducted by embarked U.S. Coast Guard personnel. The illicit weapons and ammunition were later transported to guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane (DDG 77) where they await final disposition.

The stateless vessel was assessed to have originated in Iran and transited international waters along a route historically used to traffic weapons unlawfully to the Houthis in Yemen. The direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer of weapons to the Houthis violates U.N. Security Council Resolutions and U.S. sanctions.

The vessel’s five crew members identified themselves as Yemeni nationals and will be returned to Yemen.

https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-navy-seizes-weapons-fishing-vessel-493113

[3Hotdogs]

1. The weapons will await final disposition. Hey, I got an idea.

Sell 'em to Cawthorn, Green and Boebert. They can raffle them off to campaign contributors.

[LiberatedUSA]

2. That would be one way to get those three and their contributors in jail fast.

Those are real AK-47s, not semi-auto knockoffs. Selling any those (from that catch) in this country would be illegal in every state.