{"id":8264,"date":"2013-08-07T16:33:22","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T21:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=8264"},"modified":"2013-08-07T16:34:58","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T21:34:58","slug":"8264","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/8264\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama finds munitions aboard N. Korea-bound ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nkorea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8265\" title=\"nkorea\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nkorea.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Crews unloading a North Korean-flagged ship detained in the Panama  Canal for carrying undeclared arms from Cuba have found live munitions  on board, a Panamanian official said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Explosive-sniffing  dogs found ammunition for grenade launchers and other unidentified types  on munitions, said anti-drug prosecutor Javier Caraballo, who did not  specify the amount of munitions.<\/p>\n<p>The ship, Chong Chon Gang, was  headed from Cuba to North Korea when it was seized in the canal July 15  based on intelligence that it may have been carrying drugs.<\/p>\n<p>The manifest said it was carrying 10,000 tons of sugar, but Cuban  military equipment was found beneath the sacks. No drugs have been found  so far.<\/p>\n<p>After the seizure, Cubans officials said the cargo  included 240 metric tons of obsolete planes and missiles they were  sending to North Korea to be repaired and returned. There was no mention  of munitions or explosives in the government statement, and Cuban  officials could not be reached immediately for comment Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We  don&#8217;t have a sheet or a list to determine if what we&#8217;re finding  corresponds to that specified by the Cuban government,&#8221; Caraballo told  reporters.<\/p>\n<p>He said the munitions boxed were closed and would have to be examined by explosive experts to determine the amount and types.<\/p>\n<p>The  weapons discovery triggered an investigation by the U.N. Security  Council committee that monitors the sanctions against North Korea. The  council is sending a team to see if it violates U.N. sanctions. Panama  earlier this week asked to postpone the visit to Aug. 12 because it is  taking so long to unload the ship.<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday, crews had only  unloaded two of five cargo holds in the ship. Besides the munitions,  they had found radar and control systems for launching missiles, two  Mig-21 aircraft and 12 motors, all previously specified by the Cuban  government.<\/p>\n<p>Panama has filed charges against the crew for transporting undeclared military equipment.<\/p>\n<p>North  Korea is barred by the U.N. from buying or selling arms, missiles or  components, but for years U.N. and independent arms monitors have  discovered North Korean weaponry headed to Iran, Syria and a host of  nations in Africa and Asia.<\/p>\n<p>The U.N. says North Korea also has  repeatedly tried to import banned arms. Analysts say it maintains a  thriving sideline in repairing aging Warsaw Pact gear, often in exchange  for badly needed commodities.<\/p>\n<p>The North Korean government has not commented on the seizure except to ask that the crew be set free.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1px; height: 1px; color: #000000; font: 10pt sans-serif; text-align: left; text-transform: none; overflow: hidden;\">Read  more here:  http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/2013\/08\/02\/3539556\/panama-finds-munitions-aboard.html#story_link=email_msg#storylink=cpy<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crews unloading a North Korean-flagged ship detained in the Panama Canal for carrying undeclared arms from Cuba have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-articles-panama-perpsective"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Panama finds munitions aboard N. 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