Multiple North Korean-manufactured machine guns were seized by a French frigate crew in March of 2016 following the interdiction of a sailing boat bound for Somalia, a recent UN report has revealed.
The stateless dhow - a small sailboat - had come from Iran, and was found with a cache of weapons on board by the FS Provence as it made its way towards Puntland.
Multiple North Korean-manufactured machine guns were seized by a French frigate crew in March of 2016 following the interdiction of a sailing boat bound for Somalia, a recent UN report has revealed.
The stateless dhow - a small sailboat - had come from Iran, and was found with a cache of weapons on board by the FS Provence as it made its way towards Puntland.
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