Weapons boat caught in Dead Sea

Israeli security forces intercepted a boat on the Dead Sea before dawnMonday and arrested two Palestinians attempting to smuggle weapons from Jordan to Israel. A dinghy carrying a number of AK-47 rifles, magazines and additional unspecified weaponry was apprehended earlier today by the army and Israel Police, a statement released by the army said, noting the Palestinians planned tos muggle the weapons into the West Bank. This is not the first attempt to smuggle weapons via the Dead Sea. In December 2006, Israeli security forces arrested a Jordanian and an Israeli who used an inflatable boat to smuggle guns and drugs into Israel fromJordan. The 70 kilometer long Dead Sea borders Israel, the West Bank and Jordan. and is only lightly patrolled and there is little boat traffic there.