Royal Navy Thwarts Drug Trafficking Operation Off Cape Spartel

Royal Navy Thwarts Drug Trafficking Operation Off Cape Spartel
Sunday 17 January 2021 - 13:31

Two Royal Navy coast guards, which were patrolling in the Mediterranean, thwarted early Sunday off the coast of Cape Spartel a drug trafficking operation after chasing a go-fast chase that tried in vain to recover 55 bundles of narcotics, weighting nearly of two tons, from an artisanal boat, said a military source.

The three people arrested, the vessel as well as the drugs seized were transported by the coast guards of the Royal Navy to the port of Tangiers and handed over to the competent authorities for the usual legal procedures, the source added.

 

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