An aircraft belonging to the United Arab Emirates Air Force was found carrying a large cache of arms and ammunition and detained along with its nine crew members here Sunday night.

The plane, bound for Hanyang in China from Abu Dhabi, landed at the NSC Bose International airport here for refuelling last night. Airport sources said that while customary checking of the plane by customs officials it was found that a large cache of arms and ammunition were stockpiled inside the flight.