NEW : Captain , crew face weapons trafficking charges . The US government has charged a captain of an American cargo ship with arms smuggling and money laundering after he was caught trying to smuggle guns into the United States. The North Korean crew had resisted the Panamanian authorities and cut the cables to the onboard cranes . They have found military weapons in shipping containers . Cubans say the equipment was bound for North Korea for repair .
NEW : Captain , crew face weapons trafficking charges . The US government has charged a captain of an American cargo ship with arms smuggling and money laundering after he was caught trying to smuggle guns into the United States. They have found military weapons in shipping containers . Cubans say the equipment was bound for North Korea for repair .