US Navy seizes arms shipment in Arabian Sea amid Yemen war

The U.S. Navy says it has seized an arms shipment hidden aboard a vessel in the Arabian Sea

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The U.S. Navy announced Sunday it seized an arms shipment hidden aboard a vessel in the Arabian Sea, the latest such interdiction by sailors amid the long-running war in Yemen. The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey discovered the weapons aboard what the Navy described as a stateless dhow, a traditional Mideast sailing ship, in an operation that began Thursday in the northern reaches of the Arabian Sea. The weapons seized included Chinese-made, Kalashnikov-style assault rifles, sniper rifles, heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers. The Navy did not identify where it believed the shipment originated.