Panama is calling in the United Nations to investigate the North Korean freighter caught hauling a shipment of old Soviet-era weapons, in what might be a violation of the international arms ban on Pyongyang.

“It’s going to be transferred to the UN Security Council, they will decide what to do,” said Panamanian Security Minister Jose Raul Mulino.

Authorities stopped the ship before the entrance to the Panama Canal on its return voyage from Cuba to North Korea.  A fight broke out, the North Korean crew damaged the ship, and the Captain attempted suicide.  Once on board, Panama authorities found a secret hold beneath the cargo of brown sugar.  Inside, two anti-aircraft missile batteries, nine disassembled rockets, two MiG-21 fighter jets, and 15 MiG-21 engines; all items that are not supposed to go to North Korea under the terms of the 2009 arms embargo.

According to Cuba, it’s obsolete, Soviet-era military weaponry built in the middle of the last century, being sent to North Korea for repair.  That is also against the arms embargo.