The Saudi-led Arab Coalition has recently thwarted boats which tried to smuggle weapons through al-Hudeidah, a Saudi-based newspaper, Okaz, affirmed.

Furthermore, the Yemeni army managed last month to seize Iranian-made rockets which were used by forces of the Houthis and ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Spokesman of the Popular Resistance in Saadah Abdullah al-Shandaqi told al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper that the Yemeni army backed by the popular resistance managed to capture weapons and other military supplies.

Warships from the US Navy have intercepted several weapons shipments sent by Iran to the Houthi rebels in Yemen.