A Royal Navy warship has seized £15.5 million worth of drugs from a boat in the Arabian Sea in its fifth narcotics raid this year.
A Royal Navy warship has seized £15.5 million worth of drugs from a boat in the Arabian Sea in its fifth narcotics raid this year.
HMS Montrose targeted the small vessel after the ship’s Wildcat helicopter tracked the movements of the suspect boat. A boarding party of Royal Marines searched the vessel and found 870kg of crystal meth in a secret compartment following the six-hour operation.Navy officers stormed the boat before discovering the drugs in a hidden compartment onboard.
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