Thai custody for 'North Korean arms' plane crew?

Thai custody for 'North Korean arms' plane crew

A Thai court has ordered the crew of a plane suspected of carrying 30 tonnes of weapons from North Korea to be held for a further 12 days without bail.

The five men, four from Kazakhstan and one from Belarus, have been charged with illegally possessing heavy weapons and misstating details of the cargo.

They were detained on Saturday after requesting a stop in Bangkok to refuel.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has hailed the affair as a model for putting UN sanctions in action.

"We were very pleased to see the strong action taken by the Thais and it would not have been possible without strong action in the United Nations," she told reporters in Washington.

"I think there's a lesson there for people around the world to see when it comes to Iran."

As a result of their nuclear activities, both North Korea and Iran are under UN Security Council sanctions forbidding other UN member-states to import weapons from them.

Thai media have been reporting that Saturday's detention of the plane resulted from a US tip-off.

Read on: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8412929.stm

What is going on with this story?
1. The crew is Kazhakstani and Belarussian.
2. The Plane is registered to Georgia (a state with close relationship with our CIA)
3. Plane took off from "central asia" (not NoK?)
4. Why refuel Thailand?

To many reported facts that don't jive.