Sudan Seizes 'Weapons Shipment' From Ethiopian Plane

KHARTOUM, SUDAN - Sudanese authorities have seized a shipment of weapons at Khartoum airport arriving from neighboring Ethiopia, state media said Sunday.  

The shipment, which was confiscated late Saturday, arrived on an Ethiopian Airlines passenger flight, prompting an immediate launch of investigations, the SUNA news agency reported. Authorities were informed of "the arrival of a weapons shipment from Addis Ababa on an Ethiopian Airlines flight" into Sudan, SUNA said. "It was immediately confiscated by customs authorities."