The Royal Navy has seized more than £33 million worth of illegal drugs in the Middle East after two busts inside 24 hours.
HMS Lancaster intercepted smugglers in the Indian Ocean who were trying to move 3.7 tonnes of heroin, hashish and crystal meth.
The crew of the Lancaster, aided by the Royal Marines, captured two suspect vessels during an undated operation as part of a Canadian-led task force aimed at stopping criminal activity in the Middle East.
More than two tonnes of the drugs have now been destroyed after Marines and Navy sailors posed for a photograph of their haul on the deck of the Lancaster.
It comes a few weeks after the HMS Trent seized about £17 million worth of illegal drugs on an operation in the Caribbean.
Grant Shapps, the Defence Secretary, paid tribute to the “fantastic achievements” of the crew of HMS Lancaster and the Royal Marines.
“The Royal Navy continue to lead the UK’s commitment to disrupting drug smugglers across the globe,” he said.
Congratulations to drugs for winning the war on drugs. This little seizure does nothing.
When they RAID Tax avoiders?
So many people for a few grams.
Isn’t that like a butterflys fart in the grand scheme of things?
Politicians everywhere: Please concentrate more on mental health and the question why people are using drugs and making them use less instead. You are fighting symptoms, not the disease itself.
..the man in the barrel weeps gently
Big party tonight boys, skins versus skins wrestling match first!
The other sailors and marines on board were pissed.
Big fiesta on board tonight
33m is pretty small and it looks like they put a lot of effort into it lol
Just a fraction of the drugs out there. I wonder how many in the photo genuinely believe they have made a difference.
For all the accounting nerds, only 33,000?
So, is it like a day’s worth of merchandise?
It cost the Cartels $100k
That was Kadyrov’s May delivery
You know that the war on drugs is fake when they use dollars instead of kilos. Drugs are almost worthless – luxury goods. They have a fluctuating street price with a huge markup because of the violent ban. Can’t think of an analogy, but the posing looks really stoopid.
🙁
That’s it boys, we won the war on drugs!
The military should not deal with civil crimes. They are there to deal with wars.
It’s nice but there is more being taken out containers in Rotterdam in one night.
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***The Telegraph reports:***
The Royal Navy has seized more than £33 million worth of illegal drugs in the Middle East after two busts inside 24 hours.
HMS Lancaster intercepted smugglers in the Indian Ocean who were trying to move 3.7 tonnes of heroin, hashish and crystal meth.
The crew of the Lancaster, aided by the Royal Marines, captured two suspect vessels during an undated operation as part of a Canadian-led task force aimed at stopping criminal activity in the Middle East.
More than two tonnes of the drugs have now been destroyed after Marines and Navy sailors posed for a photograph of their haul on the deck of the Lancaster.
It comes a few weeks after the HMS Trent seized about £17 million worth of illegal drugs on an operation in the Caribbean.
Grant Shapps, the Defence Secretary, paid tribute to the “fantastic achievements” of the crew of HMS Lancaster and the Royal Marines.
“The Royal Navy continue to lead the UK’s commitment to disrupting drug smugglers across the globe,” he said.
**Read more:** [**https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/13/navy-marines-drugs-middle-east-indian-ocean-hms-lancaster/**](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/13/navy-marines-drugs-middle-east-indian-ocean-hms-lancaster/)
Navy and Marines: Okay, what’s next?
A drop in the ocean, gj anyway
the £30m of drugs pack are now in a secure storage, awaiting to be destroyed
[Here’s why police drug busts don’t work](https://harvardpublichealth.org/policy-practice/police-drug-busts-heres-why-they-dont-work/)
They will gonna have a great party
What’s the difference between navy an marines?
The war on drugs
Congratulations to drugs for winning the war on drugs. This little seizure does nothing.
When they RAID Tax avoiders?
So many people for a few grams.
Isn’t that like a butterflys fart in the grand scheme of things?
Politicians everywhere: Please concentrate more on mental health and the question why people are using drugs and making them use less instead. You are fighting symptoms, not the disease itself.
..the man in the barrel weeps gently
Big party tonight boys, skins versus skins wrestling match first!
The other sailors and marines on board were pissed.
Big fiesta on board tonight
33m is pretty small and it looks like they put a lot of effort into it lol
Just a fraction of the drugs out there. I wonder how many in the photo genuinely believe they have made a difference.
For all the accounting nerds, only 33,000?
So, is it like a day’s worth of merchandise?
It cost the Cartels $100k
That was Kadyrov’s May delivery
You know that the war on drugs is fake when they use dollars instead of kilos. Drugs are almost worthless – luxury goods. They have a fluctuating street price with a huge markup because of the violent ban. Can’t think of an analogy, but the posing looks really stoopid.
🙁
That’s it boys, we won the war on drugs!
The military should not deal with civil crimes. They are there to deal with wars.
It’s nice but there is more being taken out containers in Rotterdam in one night.