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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/04/04/navy-iranian-weapons-confiscated-at-sea-and-its-the-third-time-in-two-months/

U.S. Navy Confiscates Iranian Weapons at Sea

(Washington Post) Dan Lamothe - The U.S. Navy confiscated a cache of weapons being transported from Iran to Houthi rebels in Yemen on March 28, marking at least the third time in two months that such a shipment was stopped, Navy officials said. The cache included 1,500 Kalashnikov rifles, 200 rocket-propelled grenade launchers and 21 .50-caliber machine guns. On Feb. 27, the Royal Australian Navy intercepted 2,000 Kalashnikov rifles, 100 RPG launchers, 49 PKM machine guns, 39 PKM machine gun barrels and 20 60mm mortar tubes. On March 20, the French navy intercepted 2,000 Kalashnikov rifles, 64 Dragunov marksman rifles, and nine antitank missiles.

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