UAE seizes NKorea ship with arms bound for Iran

Shipment was falsely labeled "machine parts": report
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UNITED NATIONS: The United Arab Emirates seized a ship several weeks ago that was bound for Iran and carrying North Korean weapons in violation of a United Nations embargo, Western diplomats said on Friday.
"They (UAE) did seize the ship and it was carrying weapons from North Korea for Iran," a U.N. Security Council diplomat said on condition of anonymity, confirming a report in the Financial Times newspaper.
The diplomat said UAE government officials had informed the U.N. Security Council's sanctions committee, which is responsible for implementing sanctions on Pyongyang.
" They (UAE) did seize the ship and it was carrying weapons from North Korea for Iran "
A U.N. Security Council diplomat"It is an issue that is being processed by the committee," said the source, who declined further comment on details on the weapons.
The UAE mission to the U.N. also declined comment on the case.
The Financial Times reported earlier Friday that the ship was seized "some weeks ago," and identified some of the armaments as basic weaponry, including rocket-propelled grenades.
The arms had been falsely labeled as "machine parts," the Times reported.
The new round of U.N. sanctions were approved unanimously on June 12, under resolution 1874, in response to North Korea's earlier nuclear weapons test and subsequent missile launches.
The resolution included financial sanctions designed to choke off revenue to the regime, and also called for beefed-up inspections of air, sea and land shipments going to and from North Korea, and an expanded arms embargo.