Australian navy says it seized weapons headed for Somalia
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Australian navy says one of its warships has seized a large weapons cache from a fishing boat headed for Somalia.
A Defense Department statement issued Monday said the guided missile frigate HMAS Darwin was carrying out counterterrorism operations in the Middle East when it intercepted a fishing boat 313 kilometers (194 miles) from Oman to conduct a flag verification boarding.
After determiningthe boat to be stateless, the boarding team found 1,989 AK-47 assault rifles, 100 rocket-propelled grenade launchers, 49 PKM general purpose machine guns, 39 PKM spare barrels and 20 60mm mortar tubes.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The statement did not say where the weapons and fishing boat crew were from or when the interception occurred. The department did not immediately respond to questions.