New Era For UK’s Gulf Mission
A new era in Royal Navy operations in the Middle East began with the arrival of HMS Montrose in Bahrain – ready for a three-year mission… After an epic six-month, 47,000-mile journey from her home in Plymouth, the frigate sailed into the Navy’s new support...
HMS Dragon In Fifth Middle East Drugs Haul
Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon has seized 49kg of heroin – her fifth drugs bust in three months in the Gulf… The Portsmouth-based ship made the seizure as she returned to maritime security operations on the notorious drug smuggling route known as the ‘Hash...
Navy In Largest Ever Gulf Drugs Bust
Royal Navy warship HMS Dragon has seized and destroyed ten tonnes of hash worth more than £75m in a record-breaking drugs bust in the Gulf… In a highly fruitful 48-hour window, the Type 45 destroyer – which will remain on operations in the Gulf throughout the...
HMS Dragon In Another Gulf Narcotics Haul
HMS Dragon has dealt another blow to the funding of terrorism with her second major drugs bust in under a fortnight – this time seizing £1.6m of narcotics on the infamous ‘smack track’… Less than two weeks after bagging three tonnes of cannabis on the so-called...
