Panama on Monday stopped a North Korean ship that President Ricardo Martinelli said had sailed from Cuba and tried to “sneak suspected sophisticated missile material” through the Panama Canal

Panama on Monday stopped a North Korean ship that President Ricardo Martinelli said had sailed from Cuba and tried to “sneak suspected sophisticated missile material” through the Panama Canal.
  
"The world needs to sit up and take note: you cannot go around shipping undeclared weapons of war through the Panama Canal," Martinelli said, noting that the ship had been inspected to rule out drugs and was found to have other cargo of greater concern.
  
"We had suspected this ship, which was coming from Cuba and headed to North Korea, might have drugs aboard so it was brought into port for search and inspection," on the Atlantic coast of the country, the president said on Radio Panama.
  
"When we started to unload the shipment of sugar we located containers that we believe to be sophisticated missile equipment, and that is not allowed," Martinelli stressed, describing a dramatic scene in which he said the ship's captain tried to kill himself.
  
"The captain has tried to commit suicide, and the crew also rioted," when police moved in, Martinelli said. "So we are holding this vessel for further investigation."