said in a statement Saturday that the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey stopped the dhow on May 6 and discovered the cargo during a routine boarding operation."The cache of weapons included dozens of advanced Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles, thousands of Chinese Type 56 assault rifles, and hundreds of PKM machine guns, sniper rifles and rocket-propelled grenades launchers," the Navy said in the statement.Photo and video showed the huge weapons haul covering part of the flight deck of the ship during the two-day operation.
Thousands of illicit weapons are pictured the deck of the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey on May 8, 2021. (Photo credit: U.S.