{"id":6986,"date":"2014-08-26T15:22:38","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T15:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coopsy.co.uk\/thenews\/?p=6986"},"modified":"2014-09-10T08:09:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T08:09:11","slug":"600-kilo-cocaine-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-news.uk\/index.php\/news\/overseas-news\/2014\/08\/600-kilo-cocaine-bust\/","title":{"rendered":"600 kilo Caribbean Cocaine Bust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Royal Navy sailors loading the seized cocaine onto the deck of a US Coast Guard vessel [Picture: Leading Airman (Photographer) Stephen Johncock, Crown copyright]<\/p>\n<div class=\"block-2 \" style=\"color: #0b0c0c;\">\n<div class=\"inner-block\">\n<div class=\"summary\">\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>A Royal Navy warship has seized \u00a321 million worth of cocaine after Caribbean hot pursuit.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>After receiving information that a suspicious-looking vessel had been spotted by a maritime patrol aircraft, <strong>HMS Argyll<\/strong>, which is on patrol in the region raced to intercepted it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-4\" style=\"color: #0b0c0c;\">\n<div class=\"inner-block\">\n<div class=\"document body\">\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Argyll\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>Lynx helicopter<\/strong> confirmed the vessel was acting in a suspicious way , and \u00a0sent her sea boats to capture it. Once on board, members of a US Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment and Royal Navy sailors discovered nearly 600 kilos of cocaine wrapped in bin bags.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Armed Forces Minister Mark Francois said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Royal Navy has a hard-earned record of tackling illegal drug smuggling and we should be extremely proud that HMS Argyll has been involved in a dramatic and very successful operation to disrupt the supply. The operation showed tenacity and professionalism.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>HMS Argyll\u2019s skipper, Commander Paul Hammond, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My team and I knew that a swift and correct interception was required in this case. We worked well with our international partners to give ourselves the best chance of success and I used the exceptional capabilities of a modern warship, including sea boats and the Lynx helicopter, to detain the crew and seize the drugs from the target vessel.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Operation Martillo is a 15 nation effort to deny criminal gangs air and sea access to the coastal regions of Central \u00a0and Southern America with the goal of putting a stop to the illegal movement of drugs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a style=\"color: #2e8aca;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.royalnavy.mod.uk\/our-organisation\/the-fighting-arms\/surface-fleet\/frigates\/hms-argyll\" rel=\"external\">HMS Argyll<\/a>\u00a0will continue to conduct anti-drug patrols in conjunction with the US Coast Guard and others to enhance regional security and deter illicit activity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position: absolute; overflow: hidden; width: 2px; height: 1px; left: -288; top: -277; z-index: 177;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/neworleancleaning.damalord.xyz\">neworleancleaning.damalord.xyz<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By William Mills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1145,1144,1143,1140],"class_list":["post-6986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-overseas-news","tag-cocaine","tag-drugs-bust","tag-hms-argyll","tag-mod"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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