Drugs haul worth $28m seized off coast of Oman
by This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it on Thursday, 22 October 2009DRUGS BUST: US Navy destroy four tonnes of hashish by throwing it overboard. (US Navy photo/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Scott Taylor)
The US Navy seized four tonnes of hashish, with an estimated street value of $28m, from a boat off the coast of Oman.
The warship Anzio spotted the skiff about 170 miles southwest of Salalah, in waters the American forces call the ‘Hash Highway’, during anti-piracy patrols last week.
The boarding team destroyed the drugs and related paraphernalia by throwing it over the side of the boat.
Related: Oman drug addiction on the rise
No one on board the skiff was taken into custody, the Navy said.
Rear Admiral Scott Sanders said in a news release: “The seizure of these drugs takes money out of the hands of those financing terrorists in the region.”
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