The Pakistan Navy has scored a big victory in countering drug trafficking, seizing methamphetamine (ICE) price $130 million throughout an operation within the Arabian Sea.
Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Tabuk intercepted a suspicious stateless dhow within the Arabian Sea, ensuing within the seizure of over 2,000 kilogrammes of ICE, an announcement issued by the Pakistan Navy Directorate Basic Public Relations (DGPR) acknowledged on Wednesday.
The counter-narcotics operation was a part of the Regional Maritime Safety Patrol (RMSP) and in help of Saudi-led Mixed Activity Pressure 150 (CTF-150) beneath the Mixed Maritime Forces (CMF), it added.
“The present apprehension of narcotics by PNS TABUK is the third consecutive profitable interdiction carried out within the final [two] months by PN ships,” the assertion mentioned.
Final month, PNS Yarmook carried out two counter-narcotics operations within the Arabian Sea, seizing medication price round $1 billion from sailboats.
The CMF, in an announcement, acknowledged that the crew of the PNS Yarmook seized a number of tons of ICE and a smaller quantity of cocaine throughout the operations.
Royal Saudi Naval Forces Commodore Fahad Aljoiad, commander of the CMF taskforce finishing up the operation, on the time termed it as “one of the vital profitable narcotics seizures for CMF.”
America Central Command additionally hailed the operations by the Pakistan Navy, which it mentioned disrupted the smuggling of medication and weapons.
The CMF is a 47-nation naval partnership, together with the US, which upholds the worldwide rules-based order throughout 3.2 million sq. miles of water.
In the meantime, the DGPR Navy spokesperson mentioned that the counter-narcotics operations demonstrated the navy’s “enduring resolve and unwavering dedication towards illicit trafficking at sea”.
“The dimensions of the operation, coupled with its flawless execution, underscores not solely Pakistan Navy’s professionalism but in addition the effectiveness of multinational coordination beneath CMF”.
Pakistan remained dedicated to defending nationwide maritime pursuits, the navy spokesperson mentioned, including that the navy would uphold the ideas of the United Nations Conference on the Legislation of the Sea (UNCLOS) and contribute to international maritime safety.
