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Illegal drugs worth £11m seized by Royal Marines in Arabian Sea Royal Marines boarding team from HMS Momtrose inspect sacks of suspected heroin found onboard a suspicious dhow. The Royal Navy have seized more than 2.6 tonnes of illegal drugs in an operation lasting 10 hours. In total 2.4 tonnes of heroin, crystal methamphetamine and hashish were seized, adding to the 275 kilograms of heroin confiscated two days previously. Sailors on board the HMS Montrose vessel made the drugs raid after a suspect boat was intercepted. A suspicious dhow shown through the bridge binoculars o...

USNI News USNI News 2020 Fleet and Marine Review January 8, 2021 6:33 PM When 2020 closed, the Navy’s aircraft carrier forces spent a collective 896 days deployed across the world – 200 more days than in 2019. As reported by USNI News in November, the carrier force has been under strain over the last 20 years, and the use of the force accelerated in 2020. Likewise, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps amphibious ready groups and Marine expeditionary units saw deployments to the Western Pacific and U.S. Central Command. Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group April 1, 2019 to Jan. 20 A sailor dressed a...

Tuesday, 29 December, 2020 - 12:00 The commander of the Saudi Royal Navy floats the first corvette from the Sarawat project in 2019(SPA) Riyadh - Saleh al-Zeid Need for more international cooperation and coordination to deter threats facing the safety of waterways in the Arab region is increasing, especially for countries bordering exposed maritime corridors. Safeguarding maritime navigation is geopolitically vital for the global economy. Saudi Arabia, for example, oversees two important maritime routes in the Arabian Gulf ...