Angola says arms consignment seized in Spain a government order Madrid El Mundo (Internet Version-WWW) in Spanish 0000 GMT 2 Mar 01 EL MUNDO Friday, March 2, 2001 Journal Code: 1499 Language: ENGLISH Record Type: FULLTEXT Document Type: Daily Report; News Word Count: 249 (FBIS Translated Text) Angola says arms consignment seized in Spain a government order Text of report by M. G. for Spanish newspaper El Mundo web site on 2 March Madrid: The Angolan authorities yesterday informed the Spanish government that the 636-tonne cargo on board the Anastasia, which was seized in the port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on 24 February, is a purchase by the Angolan Defence Ministry. These authorities could not explain why the captain of the ship tried to hide its real cargo by arguing that he was carrying spare car parts and why he didn't ask for the permission that is required to make a stopover in a Spanish port with war materiel. Spanish Foreign Ministry sources said that once the administrative problems are resolved, there will be nothing preventing the ship from continuing its journey because the UN arms embargo affects the UNITA rebels and not the Luanda government. The Direction-General of the Merchant Navy has begun disciplinary proceedings against the Anastasia and has ordered it pay a bond of 150m pesetas, the highest stipulated by law. The ship left Oktyabrsk (Ukraine) on 11 February. It is carrying 20,000 boxes of 7.62 calibre ammunition, mortar grenades, fuses and night vision equipment.