French Marine Nationale frigate FS Guépratte (F714) was patrolling regional waters in help of Mixed Process Pressure (CTF) 150 when it seized 3,492 kilograms of cannabis and 472 kilograms of heroin from the fishing vessel.
Led by the Royal Saudi Navy, CTF 150 is one in every of 4 job forces organized underneath the Mixed Maritime Forces (CMF), the biggest worldwide naval partnership on the planet consisting of 34 member-nations.
CMF has seized practically $1 billion value of illicit narcotics since 2021 whereas patrolling worldwide waters within the Center East.
Guépratte beforehand seized 271 kilograms of heroin from one other fishing vessel whereas patrolling the Gulf of Oman in February 2022.