Egyptian maritime authorities seized an Iranian ship carrying a “huge quantity of weapons heading for Egypt,” according to a report by news website NOW, quoted in Lebanese website Ya Libnan.

The ship, which was seized about ten miles away from the Ras Mohammad national park in the Sinai peninsula reportedly was carrying more than 50,000 light and medium weapons as well “a huge quantity of ammunition.”

People from several nationalities, including Iranians, were on board the ship, the report said.

The report also noted that the Egyptian authorities were still investigating to determine the final destination of the ship and whether it was heading for Gaza or aimed at arming insurgent groups in Sinai.

A completely different version of the event was carried earlier by AFP. It quoted Egyptian officials who said Thursday that Egypt’s navy had seized a weapons-laden ship and detained its crew “who had set off from the Israeli port of Eilat en route to the African country of Togo.”

AFP quoted the unnamed officials as saying that the navy intercepted the ship, “which was flying the flag of an African country,” after it strayed into Egyptian territorial waters.

The ship, with a crew of 14 and a cargo of 105 crates of unspecified weapons and ammunition, belonged to an African security company, the officials said.

The crew and vessel will be held in the Red Sea port of Safaga until the authorities ascertain whether the weapons were being smuggled, the officials added.