UAE seizes ship with weapons from North Korea bound for Iran, diplomats say

From Richard Roth
CNN
NEW YORK (CNN) - The United Arab Emirates seized a ship carrying banned arms from North Korea to Iran, diplomats told CNN Friday.

The incident occurred in early August and was reported to the U.N. Security Council's North Korea Sanctions committee, Western diplomats at the United Nations said. The diplomats did not disclose which country owned the vessel.

It also was not immediately clear whether this was the first time such an incident had happened, or only the first time such a case had been revealed.

A U.N. resolution passed in July imposes an embargo on the shipment of arms from North Korea and broadens a ban on the import of weapons by the regime. The resolution followed a nuclear test and the firing of six short-range rockets by the country in late May.