The Royal Navy continues to disrupt drug networks across the world – with HMS Trent seizing £204m of cocaine after a pursuit in the Caribbean Sea.
Following this latest bust success, the crew of the Royal Navy warship have now stopped £511 million worth of drugs.
United States Maritime Patrol alerted the Royal Navy’s offshore patrol vessel (OPV) which then used her radars to track down the suspicious vessel.
As the Royal Navy ship closed in, the suspicious vessel started throwing bales of cocaine into the sea to try and evade capture.
The crew of HMS Trent then had to recover the drugs thrown overboard, and the extensive search operation ran throughout the night, with the crew eventually recovering more than 2.5 tonnes of cocaine.
