The Royal Navy's HMS Trent has made its sixth bust this year, which has confiscated close to seven tons of drugs worth £551.5 million in the Caribbean.
Cocaine with a street value of more than £40 million has been seized by the Royal Navy in the Caribbean Sea.
With a US maritime patrol aircraft overhead, the Portsmouth-based ship closed in and dispatched the Royal Marines and US Coast Guard on board to intercept the vessel. The Portsmouth-based ship closed in and dispatched the Royal Marines and US Coast Guard on board to intercept the vessel HMS Trent has made its sixth bust this year. It has been working closely with the US Coast Guard and the Joint Interagency Task Force
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