Two suspicious vessels were intercepted on the very first day of HMS Lancaster's security patrol in the Indian Ocean.
The Royal Navy has seized 3.7 tonnes of illegal drugs from traffickers in the Middle East with an estimated street value of £33m. HMS Lancaster seized heroin, hashish and crystal meth from two separate vessels in the Middle East within 24 hours, in what has been described by Defence Secretary Grant Shapps as a 'blow to criminal networks'.
Read more on Sky News:Best restaurants for cheap meals - as chosen by Michelin chefsThe 'unconventional' love story of Charles and Camilla Come the morning, commandos boarded and secured the vessel and upon the sailors joining for a search, 2.4 tonnes of hashish were recovered during the six-hour operation. It brought the total haul from both operations to 3.7 tonnes. More than two tonnes of the illegal drugs have now been destroyed.
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