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Edition: U.S. Article Slideshow Save Email Print Reprints Most Popular Most Shared Exclusive: IRS hires "hundreds" for new wealth unit 11 Dec 2009 Google to produce, sell own "Nexus One" phones: report 12 Dec 2009 Houston elects openly gay mayor 12:30am EST "Dead" man wakes up under autopsy knife 17 Sep 2007 Woods wins UK court ban against nude, sex photos 11 Dec 2009 Exclusive: IRS hires "hundreds" for new wealth unit 11 Dec 2009 Republic Airways eyeing Bombardier C-Series planes 10 Dec 2009 Boeing tanker ally eyes $5 mln per plane Airbus duty 18 Nov 2009 Singer Sinead O'Connor demands Pope steps down 11 Dec 2009 UPDATE 1-Agility says suspended, not banned, from US 18 Nov 2009 Thailand to charge plane crew over N.Korean arms BANGKOK Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:49am EST Related News Thailand seizes arms on plane from North Korea Sat, Dec 12 2009 SCENARIOS: Next steps in North Korea nuclear talks Fri, Dec 11 2009 U.S. says more hard work ahead in post-war Sri Lanka Wed, Dec 9 2009 North Korea's nuclear plans cloud Obama in Seoul Wed, Nov 18 2009 S.Lanka stx up on low rates, earnings recovery view Fri, Nov 13 2009 < 1 / 4 > View Full Size BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will press charges against the crew of a plane forced to land in Bangkok and found to be carrying arms from North Korea, a government spokesman said on Sunday, adding it was unclear where the plane had been going. World Military and police sources, declining to be named, said the United States had tipped the Thai authorities off about the 35 tons of arms that the plane held, which flouted United Nations sanctions against North Korea. They said the five crew members -- four from Kazakhstan and one from Belarus -- were saying little. Government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said they would be charged on Monday, but he would not elaborate on the charges. "The Thai authorities acted on tips from intelligence agencies of many countries," he told Reuters, adding the crew had initially declared the cargo to be oil-drilling equipment. He said the authorities believed the plane had initially planned to refuel in Sri Lanka and it was not clear why the crew had asked to make an emergency landing in Bangkok to refuel and check the wheel. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Thailand had acted in accordance with United Nations resolutions. "What I understand is that the plane was to have refuelled at Sri Lanka. The goods are from North Korea. The people are from Kazhakstan and Belarus and the plane is from Georgia," he said on Thai television. North Korea has been hit with fresh United Nations sanctions to punish it for a nuclear test in May. These are aimed at cutting off its arms sales, a vital export item estimated to earn the destitute state more than $1 billion a year. The North's biggest arms sales come from ballistic missiles, with Iran and other Middle Eastern states being customers, according to U.S. government officials. ASKED TO INVESTIGATE An air force official involved in the inspection of the craft, who declined to be named, said on Saturday the Thai authorities had been asked by the United States to investigate the plane and its cargo. "We were approached by the United States, seeking our cooperation to examine the suspected plane. It came from North Korea and was heading for somewhere in South Asia, probably Pakistan," the official told Reuters. Monthon Sutchukorn, a deputy spokesman for the Thai Air Force, told Reuters the plane was impounded at 3 p.m. (0800 GMT) on Friday. "The air force took control of the plane in the evening of December 11," he added. "We found a huge amount of weapons ... all of which was transferred to be kept at a safe place belonging to the air force." The authorities have declined to give details about the arms. A military source said the haul included rocket-propelled grenades, missile and rocket launchers, missile tubes, surface-to-air missile launchers, spare parts and other heavy weapons. Experts will be taking a closer look on Tuesday. The plane was an Ilyushin IL-76 aircraft, registered in Georgia. A police source said the final destination could have been somewhere in South Asia or the Middle East, after a scheduled refuelling stop in Sri Lanka. Military officials in Colombo said the consignment had not been destined for Sri Lanka. "Why should Sri Lanka buy from North Korea when the same is available in China?" one official said. The U.N. sanctions and the cut-off of handouts from South Korea have dealt a heavy blow to the North, which has an estimated GDP of $17 billion, and may force it back into nuclear disarmament talks in the hopes of winning aid, analysts said. (Reporting by Ambika Ahuja, Panarat Thepgumpanat and Khettiya Jittapong in Bangkok, Jon Herskovitz in Seoul and Ranga Sirilal in Colombo; Writing by Alan Raybould; Editing by Alex Richardson) World More from Reuters Goldman Sachs played bigger role in AIG trades: report CHICAGO (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc played a bigger role in fueling the mortgage bets that crippled American Insurance Group Inc than has been publicly disclosed, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. 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