US Navy Intercepts Fishing Boat Smuggling Ammunition in Gulf of Oman

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December 3rd, 3:18pm

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Navy Intercepts Fishing Boat Smuggling Ammunition in Gulf of Oman

The US Navy's Fifth Fleet said on Saturday it had intercepted a fishing trawler smuggling "more than 50 tons of ammunition rounds, fuses and propellants for rockets" in the Gulf of Oman along a maritime route from Iran to Yemen on Dec. 1. "Navy personnel operating from expeditionary sea base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) discovered the illicit cargo during a flag verification boarding, marking US 5th Fleet’s second major illegal weapons seizure within a month," it added in a statement.

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