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North Korea plane seized in Thailand was heading for Sri Lanka
Authorities have detained five people who landed in Bangkok in an east European cargo plane full of heavy weapons that originated in North Korea, the Bangkok Post reported today.
The aircraft, an Ilyushin 76 transport registered in Kazakhstan, was travelling from North Korea to Sri Lanka when it asked to land in Bangkok, official investigators said. The final destination of the arms was not known.
"According to my information, the flight originated from North Korea," said Air Force spokesman Capt Montol Suchookorn, the Post said. br> "It was a cargo flight that requested to land at the civilian side of the airport," he said, adding that the Air Force was continuing to guard the aircraft.
Officials found about 35 tonnes of weapons on board and detained four citizens of Kazakhstan and one from Belarus.
From:Weapons plane seized in Thailand was heading for SL, media reports
Authorities have detained five people who landed in Bangkok in an east European cargo plane full of heavy weapons that originated in North Korea, the Bangkok Post reported today.
The aircraft, an Ilyushin 76 transport registered in Kazakhstan, was travelling from North Korea to Sri Lanka when it asked to land in Bangkok, official investigators said. The final destination of the arms was not known.
"According to my information, the flight originated from North Korea," said Air Force spokesman Capt Montol Suchookorn, the Post said. br> "It was a cargo flight that requested to land at the civilian side of the airport," he said, adding that the Air Force was continuing to guard the aircraft.
Officials found about 35 tonnes of weapons on board and detained four citizens of Kazakhstan and one from Belarus.
From:Weapons plane seized in Thailand was heading for SL, media reports
