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tsai3904
07-16-2013, 01:25 PM
Panama has detained a North Korean-flagged ship after it was found to be carrying undeclared weapons hidden underneath sugar containers, the country's president said.

President Ricardo Martinelli said the ship, the Chong Chon Gang, was intercepted as it approached the Panama Canal from Cuba and as it was stopped the 35-man crew rioted and the captain tried to kill himself.

The 'sophisticated missile equipment', hidden in containers of brown sugar, were detected after Panamanian authorities stopped the ship, suspecting it was carrying drugs.

Martinelli said the undeclared military cargo appeared to include missiles and non-conventional arms and the ship was violating United Nations resolutions against arms trafficking.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2365153/Panama-seizes-North-Korean-ship-heading-Canal-undeclared-weapons-hidden-sugar.html
FSP-Rebel
07-16-2013, 01:30 PM
Heh, that's one mission I surely wouldn't want to fail at and then head back home.
eduardo89
07-16-2013, 01:35 PM
North Korea has such bad luck, it seems they always have their weapons shipments intercepted. I wonder when they'll realize that a North Korean flagged vessel raises a lot of red flags!
pcosmar
07-16-2013, 01:36 PM
They should have re-flagged the ship.
Pericles
07-16-2013, 01:38 PM
North Korea has such bad luck, it seems they always have their weapons shipments intercepted. I wonder when they'll realize that a North Korean flagged vessel raises a lot of red flags!

I saw what you did there! :D
tod evans
07-16-2013, 01:45 PM
Have the Koreans learned from the Mexicans?

This could have been the dummy load......
eduardo89
07-16-2013, 01:45 PM
I saw what you did there! :D

I'm glad someone got the pun!
Czolgosz
07-16-2013, 01:45 PM
So, Panamanian Pirates hijack ship and steal its cargo?
pcosmar
07-16-2013, 01:50 PM
So, Panamanian Pirates hijack ship and steal its cargo?

Yup,,
That's why you avoid weigh stations. and check points.
pcosmar
07-16-2013, 01:51 PM
Have the Koreans learned from the Mexicans?

This could have been the dummy load......

Had that thought too,, sacrificial load.

Keys Pirates used that a lot.