Royal Navy seizes £2.5m worth of hash in Middle East raid
It is the first drugs bust by the ship since she took over from HMS Montrose, whose drugs busts totalled nearly £50m last year.
It is the first drugs bust by the ship since she took over from HMS Montrose, whose drugs busts totalled nearly £50m last year.
The boarding team seized one tonne of hashish and 800kg of methamphetamine in the Arabian Sea.
The Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon came after militants fired nearly three dozen rockets from there.
The UK and US worked together to detect and intercept a smuggling vessel before Royal Marines boarded it in the Gulf of Oman.
The Royal Navy will be joining in the world's second-largest naval exercise across thousands of miles of the Middle East.
The Exercise provides Command and Control, mission planning and integration training.
The RAF High-Performing Athlete finished the marathon in Qatar, beneath the scorching sun, in under two-and-a-half hours.
The naval task force is responsible for keeping global maritime traffic free from illicit activity.
James Heappey has thanked personnel deployed to Bahrain on HMS Lancaster over Christmas and says their efforts must not be forgotten.
The displays are a part of the team's tour of the Gulf region and Egypt, aimed at supporting and promoting a range of UK interests.
The exercise gave 1,000 troops – some had never been to the desert – the chance to pick up skills and train alongside Omani Forces.
James Cleverly made a trip to 83 Expeditionary Air Group in Qatar.
This was to conclude the 18th edition of the Manama Dialogue, a forum for global representatives to promote peace and security in the Gulf.
The display was part of the multi-stop tour of the Gulf region – aimed at supporting and promoting a range of UK interests.
HMS Montrose has been relieved by HMS Lancaster after three and a half years on Gulf mission.
Sea vessels HMS Chiddingfold and HMS Bangor will conduct round-the-clock patrols of sea lanes leading to the Gulf state.