Dragon’s sailors and Royal Marines were launched on fast boats to halt the two dhows – a type of vessel common to the Middle East – in two separate missions over a demanding two-day period. Boarding and painstakingly searching the boats, personnel removed hundreds of sacks of narcotics worth a UK street value of more than £75m.
Navy In Largest Ever Gulf Drugs Bust
Dec 22, 2018 | Defence, Defence Operations, Latest News, Marine, Sailing, Working Abroad