Crewmembers from the Sentinel-class quick response cutter USCGC Glen Harris (WPC 1144) found and seized 15 kilograms of heroin and 375 kilograms of methamphetamine aboard the dhow. After weighing and documenting the haul, the crew correctly disposed of the narcotics.
“That is the second main interdiction of the USCGC Glen Harris and the CTF-150 staff with a mixed complete of 1,160 kg of medicine seized thus far, denying earnings to legal and terrorist organizations from the income of illicit narcotics,” mentioned Capt. (N) Colin Matthews, commander of CTF-150. “This distinctive multinational cooperation between our two groups is an instance of the impacts we will make after we work collectively.”
On March 5, Glen Harris, working in assist of CTF 150, seized 770 kilograms of methamphetamines from a dhow within the Arabian Sea.
Glen Harris is ahead deployed to Bahrain. The quick response cutter is a part of a contingent of U.S. Coast Guard ships forward-deployed to the area beneath Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA). PATFORSWA deploys Coast Guard personnel and ships alongside U.S. and regional naval forces all through the Center East.
CTF 150 is certainly one of 5 process forces beneath Mixed Maritime Forces, the world’s largest worldwide naval partnership. CTF 150’s mission is to discourage and disrupt the flexibility of non-state actors to maneuver weapons, medicine and different illicit substances within the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman.
Mixed Maritime Forces is a 42-nation naval partnership upholding the worldwide rules-based order by selling safety and stability throughout 3.2 million sq. miles of water encompassing among the world’s most necessary delivery lanes.
