US Navy ships caught a fishing boat smuggling over 2,000 AK-47 rifles from Iran | Business Insider

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US Navy ships caught a fishing boat smuggling over 2,000 AK-47 rifles from Iran

,Thousands of AK-47 assault rifles sit on the flight deck of guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans during an inventory process, Jan. 7. U.S. naval forces seized 2,116 AK-47 assault rifles from a fishing vessel transiting along a maritime route from Iran to Yemen.US Navy forces recently found a fishing boat transporting over 2,000 rifles from Iran to Yemen.Over the last few months, US forces have intercepted weapons from Iran multiple times.

The vessel was traveling along a route historically understood to be used for the transfer of lethal aid to Yemen's Houthi rebels — a violation of a UN Security Council resolution and international law, 5th Fleet said. Thousands of AK-47 assault rifles sit on the flight deck of guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans during an inventory process, Jan. 7. U.S. naval forces seized 2,116 AK-47 assault rifles from a fishing vessel transiting along a maritime route from Iran to Yemen.that the"illegal flow of weapons from Iran through international waterways has a destabilizing effect on the region."

 

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