英国皇家海军“特伦特”号缉获了价值1700万英镑的非法毒品，对加勒比海的毒贩造成了巨大打击，紧接着，他们的同事们在几乎半个地球之外的印度洋海域进行了突袭。

兰开斯特和皇家海军陆战队的水手们发现了海洛因、冰毒和大麻，销毁了近4吨非法毒品。

这艘护卫舰是在加拿大领导的联合特遣部队150（Combined Task Force 150）的旗帜下行动的，该部队致力于在中东200多万平方英里的海洋上防止犯罪活动，这艘护卫舰迅速拦截了两艘可疑船只。

经过一段时间的海上作战训练和保证，英国皇家海军兰开斯特号（HMS Lancaster）在安全巡逻的第一天，野猫号（Wildcat）直升机突然在例行飞行中发现了一艘可疑船只。



这是一项为期八小时的任务的开始，在此期间，来自第42突击队的皇家海军陆战队确保了这艘船的安全，允许兰开斯特皇家海军的登船队搜查非法货物。

对单桅帆船的端到端搜索发现了近100个包裹，每个包裹都有较小的包裹，在随后的兰开斯特号测试中发现了海洛因、大麻和冰毒。

当这架野猫直升机——来自萨默塞特郡皇家海军陆战队约维尔顿基地的815海军航空中队——开始在黄昏巡逻，再次横扫印度洋时，机组人员还在庆祝胜利。机组人员再一次发现了一艘可疑的独桅帆船。

然后，兰开斯特号在夜间跟踪了这艘船，并在黎明时分将其击中。突击队再次登上并固定了独桅帆船，然后水手们加入他们进行广泛搜索。

这一次，经过6个多小时，他们缴获了2.4吨大麻，两天的非法毒品缴获量达到3.7吨。

根据国家犯罪局(National Crime Agency)的统计，这两次毒品走私的总金额略低于3300万英镑。

英国国防大臣格兰特·沙普斯（Grant Shapps）对海军在国际打击犯罪方面的又一次成功表示赞扬。

英国皇家海军兰开斯特号（HMS Lancaster）和皇家海军陆战队突击队（Royal Marine Commandos）船员在印度洋取得的令人难以置信的成就表明，海军在维持海洋治安方面发挥着至关重要的作用。

▲Image Credits: Royal Navy/Twitter

▲Image Credits: Royal Navy/Twitter

▲Image Credits: Royal Navy/Twitter

英文原文

In the wake of HMS Trent’s big blow to the Caribbean traffickers by seizing £17 million of illegal ***s, the colleagues pounced almost half a world away in the waters of the Indian Ocean.

Heroin, crystal meth, and hashish were discovered by the sailors in Lancaster and Royal Marines – nearly four tons of illicit ***s have been destroyed.

Operating under the banner of the Canadian-headed Combined Task Force 150, which is devoted to preventing criminal activity across over two million square miles of ocean in the Middle East, the frigate promptly intercepted two suspect vessels.

HMS Lancaster was on the first day of the security patrol following a duration of operational sea training and assurance when the Wildcat helicopter suddenly spotted a suspect vessel on a routine sortie.

That was the start of an eight-hour mission, during which Royal Marines from 42 Commando secured the vessel to permit the Royal Navy of Lancaster’s boarding team to search for illicit cargo.

An end-to-end search of the dhow found almost 100 packages – each had smaller parcels, found to comprise ***, hashish, and crystal meth on subsequent testing on HMS Lancaster.

The crew members were still celebrating success when the Wildcat helicopter – from 815 Naval Air Squadron based at Somerset’s RNAS Yeovilton – launched on a d*** patrol for yet another sweep of the Indian Ocean. Once again, the aircrew spotted a suspicious dhow.

Then, Lancaster tracked the vessel during the night and struck it at dawn. Once again, the Commandos boarded and secured the dhow before the sailors joined them to conduct an extensive search.

This time, after more than six hours, they recovered 2.4 tons of hashish – bringing the two-day haul to 3.7 tons of unlawful drugs.

Cumulatively, the tally from the two drug hauls comes in at a little under £33 million per the National Crime Agency.

Grant Shapps, the Defence Secretary of the UK, hailed yet another success for the Navy in the international fight against trafficking.

The incredible achievements of the crew members of HMS Lancaster and the Royal Marine Commandos in the Indian Ocean indicate the Navy’s crucial role in policing the oceans.

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