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A Royal Navy support ship recently helped seize marijuana worth around £1 million from a Guyanese trawler in the Caribbean in the latest drugs bust involving British personnel.The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) naval support ship Wave Knight chased the suspect vessel – Miss Kameney – on Boxing Day, allowing US Coast Guard law enforcement officers to board it and find quarter of a tonne of marijuana hidden in sacks.Five crew members from the boat were detained and delivered to US authorities in the Dominican Republic while a joint crew of US Coast Guard and RFA personnel took control of the vessel to transport her illegal cargo to shore.Follow: A raft from the RFA Wave Knight, bottom, circled the suspect boat and guided it to US authoritiesThe seizure was the second large-scale drugs bust for RFA Wave Knight during her year deployed in the region,Alex Ovechkin Jersey, where she has been working alongside Royal Navy frigate HMS Lancaster and international authorities to disrupt illegal activities in the Caribbean.Praising the crew, defence secretary Philip Hammond said: ‘The operation, successfully conducted when most of us were enjoying a Christmas break, is testament to the hard work of our service personnel and the demanding tasks we ask them to carry out.Efforts to disrupt illegal activities in the Caribbean are part of the UK’s commitment to the region in support of the overseas territories, disaster relief and counter-narcotics operations.RFA Wave Knight was involved in several drug bust operations during 2013,Wholesale Nike Baseball Jerseys, with three tonnes of drug disruptions previously attributed to her name, while HMS Lancaster,China NFL Jerseys, which has since returned to Portsmouth,Jerseys From China, seized more than 1.2 tonnes of marijuana and 400 kilograms of cocaine.Captain Duncan Lamb,Cheap Jerseys From China, commanding officer of RFA Wave Knight, said: ‘The entire ship’s company – Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Royal Navy and US Law Enforcement Team – as well as HQ and prosecuting staff ashore in mainland USA are delighted with this result.This latest success was in support of Operation Martillo – a 15-nation joint effort focusing on putting a stop to the illegal movement of drugs from South America into the Caribbean and onwards to the UK.Contraband: Officers went on board the suspect vessel and found nearly a quarter of a tonne of cannabis.The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a civilian-manned fleet, owned by the MOD, which supports Royal Navy ships around the world,Cheap Hockey Jerseys Official, supplying warships with fuel, ammunition and supplies.A fast fleet tanker, RFA Wave Knight has 77 RFA personnel and two Royal Navy sailors on board, as well as an 11-strong US Law Enforcement Team engaged in counter-narcotics work in the Caribbean. |
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