U.S. Coast Guard cutters assigned to the Mixed Maritime Forces seized unlawful medicine with a complete estimated avenue worth of $24.5 million on Dec. 24 and Dec. 26 from vessels within the Gulf of Oman.
At roughly 2 p.m. native time (10 a.m. Greenwich Imply Time) on Dec. 24, a workforce from USCGC Clarence Sutphin Jr. (WPC 1147), a Sentinel-class cutter patrolling underneath the command of Mixed Process Pressure 150 of the Mixed Maritime Forces, boarded a dhow after it displayed a number of indicators in step with illicit drug trafficking.
Aboard, the crew found 90 kilograms of heroin with an estimated avenue worth of $3.2 million.
After testing and seizing the narcotics, the workforce disembarked the dhow, permitting it to proceed on its journey.
At roughly 5 a.m. native time (9 a.m. Greenwich Imply Time) on Dec. 26, a workforce from USCGC John Scheuerman (WPC 1146), a Sentinel-class cutter patrolling underneath the command of Mixed Process Pressure 150 of the Mixed Maritime Forces, boarded a dhow after it additionally displayed a number of indicators in step with illicit drug trafficking.
Aboard, the workforce found 261 kilograms of methamphetamines, 2,936 kilograms of cannabis, 142 kilograms of heroin and 75,000 capsules with the potential to be abused as opium substitutes, with a complete estimated avenue worth of greater than $21.3 million.
The John Scheuerman workforce launched the dhow’s crew and disposed of the illicit medicine.
The mission of Mixed Process Pressure 150 is to disrupt the flexibility of non-state actors to maneuver weapons or medicine, or interact in different illicit actions, within the Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean.
These interdictions marked the tenth and eleventh occasions Mixed Process Pressure 150 property have seized unlawful narcotics at sea since France took command in July 2023.
Mixed Maritime Forces is a multinational maritime partnership dedicated to disrupting legal and terrorist actions by proscribing their freedom of maneuver throughout roughly 3.2 million sq. miles of worldwide waters encompassing a few of the world’s most essential transport lanes.
Since 2021, items assigned to the Mixed Maritime Forces have seized greater than $1 billion in unlawful medicine whereas patrolling waters throughout the Center East.
