US navy seizes smuggled weapons off Somali coast

The US navy said late Tuesday that its guided-missile destroyer the USS Winston S. Churchill seized illegal shipments of weapons and weapons components from two small ships during a maritime security operation in international waters off Somalia’s coast.

The operation took place from Feb. 11-12.

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Source: aa.com.tr

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