President Ricardo Martinelli tweeted that the ship, which departed Cuba
the peace loving workers paradise beloved by Michael Moore, Sean Penn and other leftist tools
with a cargo of sugar, was housing containers carrying the material. "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."
Or so says the poor translation of his tweet from spanish to sloppy-reporter-english.
When detained by the Panamanian government, the North Korean vessel's captain reportedly attempted to commit suicide while a riot broke out amongst the crew.
Tipper provides this link to the BBC version of the story.