Yemen seizes new ship carrying weapons

Armed forces on Saturday managed to seized a ship off Yemen's coast carrying weapons, the Supreme Security Committee said Sunday. The ship was intercepted as entering the Yemeni territorial waters near Zoqar Island in the Red Sea and was carrying Turkish-made arms, an official source at the committee said. The seized weapons were planned to reach its destination inside the country after being unloaded in an island of the Hunish Archipelago via small boats and then to the Yemeni coasts, he added. "Investigation is still ongoing with the ship's crew," the source said, stressing the Supreme Security Committee would announce the investigation's findings to the public when completed. He expressed the Committee's gratitude for the Yemeni-Turkish security cooperation that has led to intercepting the ship. The armed forces have seized many arm shipments during the last two years. The recent and most eminent one was carried on the ship "Jihan 1", which was intercepted off Yemen's coast on January 23. It was carrying a large cache of weapons, including surface-to-air missiles.