Western naval forces have uncovered and seized a large weapons cache following the boarding of a small fishing style vessel off Oman.

Australian naval vessel HMAS Darwin, operating as part of Combined Task Force 150 (CTF150), intercepted the vessel about 170nm offshore.

A subsequent search of the vessel discovered 1989 AK-47 assault rifles, 100 rocket propelled grenade launchers, 49 PKM general purpose machine guns, 39 PKM spare barrels and 20 60mm mortar tubes.

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