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A team from the FS Tonnerre boards a suspicious dhow.
French Marine Nationale ships have recorded five seizures of illicit drugs in just six days whilst participating in a counter-narcotics focused operation under the command of Combined Maritime Forces’ (CMF) Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 in the Arabian Sea.
The string of successes began on 19 March when the French frigate FS Nivôse intercepted a high-value shipment of 367 kg of methamphetamine and 311 kg of heroin. This was swiftly followed by two concurrent counter-narcotics operations on 22 March by FS Tonnerre and FS Surcouf, which resulted in interdictions of over 3 000 kg, and 600 kg of hashish respectively, CMF said.