NRP Sagittarius and NRP Dragon Assist in Drug Bust
An alert received at 02:50 a.m., through the Lisbon Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC Lisboa), reported a vessel of Spanish nationality drifting and putting water off Barra do…
Groningen Makes First Drug Bust in Current Caribbean Deployment
HNLMS Groningen has made the first drug seizure since the navy ship is active in the Caribbean again. During the action in the night from Monday to Tuesday, more than…
HMS Lancaster Makes Drug Bust in Arabian Sea
A frigate from the United Kingdom Royal Navy seized $6 million worth of hashish from a fishing vessel transiting the Arabian Sea, May 8. HMS Lancaster (F 229) was operating…
Panamanian Operation Alfa Leads to Major Drug Bust
The National Aeronaval Service, within the framework of “OPERATION ALFA”, manages to deal certain blows to criminal organizations that use Panamanian waters for the international transfer of illicit substances, in…
Portuguese Navy OPV Drago Assists in Offshore Drug Bust
Following a routine Air Force maritime patrol mission, in which suspicious movements of vessels were monitored, an approach operation was carried out in international waters, targeting the aforementioned vessels that…
HMS Medway Assists US Coast Guard in Drug Bust
A Royal Navy ship and US Coast Guard boarding team seized more than 400kg of cocaine worth around £24m on Britain’s streets from a boat in the Caribbean. Caribbean-based patrol…
USS Delbert D Black Drug Bust in the Gulf of Oman
A U.S. Navy destroyer seized 7,200 kilograms of hashish worth an estimated $10 million from a fishing vessel transiting international waters in the Gulf of Oman, Sept. 28. USS Delbert…