Captain of ship carrying Iranian-made missile components to remain behind bars

28/2/2024 7:25

        A Pakistani national who U.S. officials say was the captain of a ship carrying Iranian-made missile components to Houthi rebels in Yemen was ordered Tuesday to remain behind bars as he awaits trial on charges of attempting to smuggle a warhead and other weapons and lying to U.S. Coast Guard officers as they boarded the boat.
        
        Two Navy SEALs drowned while boarding the unflagged vessel in the Arabian Sea on Jan. 11 in the wake of continued Houthi attacks on commercial and military ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
        
        In court documents, federal prosecutors said the boat's captain, Muhammad Pahlawan, refused to slow the ship when the U.S. Navy began its boarding attempt and "shouted for the crew to burn the boat before the Navy could board it.""