British and French forces
British and French forces working together as part of the Combined Maritime Forces have seized 170 kilogrammes of illegal drugs from a dhow in the Arabian Sea on October 11th. [Photo courtesy of the Royal Navy], military sources said.
The suspicious vessel was located by helicopter from French frigate FS Jean Bart, Britain’s Royal Navy said. A team from the French ship then boarded and secured the dhow before conducting an initial investigation.
Naval and marine forces from British frigate HMS Montrose then took over the search of the vessel, and located and seized a large number of packages containing the drugs.
Britain’s Royal Navy reported that 95 kilogrammes of heroin and 75 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, with an estimated street value of $1 million, were seized from the dhow.
