Third illicit arms shipment seized in Arabian Sea

For the third time in recent weeks, international naval forces operating in the waters of the Arabian Sea seized a shipment of illicit arms.

The US Navy coastal patrol ship USS Sirocco intercepted and seized the shipment of weapons hidden aboard a small, stateless dhow.

The illicit cargo is said to have included 1,500 AK-47s, 200 RPG launchers and 21 .50