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Drugs haul worth $28m seized off coast of Oman

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DRUGS BUST: US Navy destroy four tonnes of hashish by throwing it overboard. (US Navy photo/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Scott Taylor)
DRUGS 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.


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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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