The haul is HMS Trent's sixth drugs bust this year
Cocaine with a street value of more than £40m has been seized by a Royal Navy warship in the Caribbean Sea.
HMS Trent’s commanding officer Commander Tim Langford described the latest bust on August 8 as “another significant haul”. HMS Trent was pressed into action in this latest operation after being alerted to a speedboat that was suspected to be smuggling cocaine around 120 nautical miles south of the Dominican Republic.With a US maritime patrol aircraft flying overhead, the Portsmouth-based warship closed in and dispatched the Royal Marines and US Coast Guard on board to intercept the vessel.
Cdr Langford hailed the “successful operation with our American partners”, adding: “Every member of my team can be proud of another significant haul – the sixth this year."
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