New Delhi: A 16-metre-long yacht owned by an Australian woman drifted to the Raigad coast near Mumbai and three AK-47 rifles were found aboard. Maharashtra home minister Devendra Fadnavis said prima facie there is no terror angle.Fadnavis – who is also the Maharashtra deputy chief minister – informed the state assembly that the vessel is owned by an Australian woman, whose husband was its captain.“As of now, there is no terror angle. But investigation is going on. We can’t rule out any angle as of now. I am just sharing primary information,” he added.Local police and the Anti-Terror Squad are investigating the matter, he added.The yacht, which is four metres wide, was on its way to Europe from Muscat in June. The boat’s engine was damaged and the sailors gave a call for help. Fadnavis said a South Korean warship rescued the crew but the boat could not be rescued due to rough weather.“Prima facie, there is no terror angle, but it is unclear why it was carrying arms,” Fadnavis said, after Raigad legislator Aditi Tatkare sought a probe into the issue.Some locals spotted the yacht near Shrivardhan, more than 190 km from Mumbai, and alerted security agencies, the official said.A Coast Guard official said there is no security threat.“It is a UK-registered yacht which was sailing from Oman to Europe. It had given a distress call and people onboard were rescued by ships in the vicinity of Muscat on June 26,” the official said.The yacht also carried some small arms of the AK series, he said.The arms vendor has been contacted and the serial numbers of the weapons found onboard match with the ones missing from the vendor’s inventory, the official said.“Since a yacht moves slowly, it is permitted to carry small weapons. When the people onboard abandoned the boat, they did not carry the weapons with them,” the official said.Later, the boat drifted and grounded ashore.The official said the yacht was badly damaged and partly submerged after being battered by the monsoon winds.(With PTI inputs)