A navy warship has blown up a drugs boat after her crew were detained and three-quarters of a tonne of cocaine with a street value of £33m seized. Portsmouth-based frigate HMS Iron Duke carried out the operation on patrol in the Caribbean and later destroyed the boat deemed as a “shipping risk”. The crew were detained by armed US coastguards before the boat was sunk. HMS Iron Duke had been on her first counter-drugs patrol in her current deployment when the vessel was spotted.
Green Marine
about 17 years ago
Drugs boat blown up after seizure
A navy warship has blown up a drugs boat after her crew were detained and three-quarters of a tonne of cocaine with a street value of £33m seized. Portsmouth-based frigate HMS Iron Duke carried out the operation on patrol in the Caribbean and later destroyed the boat deemed as a “shipping risk”. The
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