Thais Seize Plane Filled With Weapons (From NK to ?) [View All]

Source: Times Online

Thai police have detained the crew of a cargo plane that landed in Bangkok over the weekend with a hold filled with weapons.

The plane, which had taken off from the North Korean capital of Pyongyang for an unknown destination, had made an emergency request to refuel at Bangkok. When Thai officials boarded the plane, a Soviet designed Il-76, they found up to 40 tons of weaponry including rocket-propelled grenades, according to local media.

Officials said they had acted on a tip-off from foreign intelligence. One told Reuters news agency that the US had supplied the information.

"It came from North Korea and was heading for somewhere in South Asia, probably Pakistan," the official added.

hai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaungsuban said the crew, from Kazakhstan and Belarus, had declared the cargo as "oil drilling equipment".

"But when we examined, we found it was all weaponry," Mr Suthep, who is also in charge of national security, told reporters.

"This case will proceed carefully as there are many parties involved... Everything must proceed transparently," he added.

more: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6954868.ece

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I wonder who was to be on the receiving in.