Royal Navy ship torches and sinks smugglers' boat containing £24m cocaine haul after dramatic Caribbean chase

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Dramatic photos show naval warship torching smugglers' boat with £24m cocaine haul on after tense chase in the Caribbean

Photos show the boat burning as sailors fire at it from the warship.

The Royal Navy's Caribbean-based patrol ship HMS Medway had spotted the boat near the Dominican Republic alongside a US Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment and an accompanying aircraft. The ship, which is thought to have travelled along a common smuggling route, was boarded by officers after a pursuit and found to contain several large packages of drugs, the Royal Navy said.Picture: Ministry of Defence"To secure an interdiction on our first day dedicated to this type of operation in this period has been tremendous," said Commander Chris Hollingworth, commanding officer of Medway.

 

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Great for the environment! Terrible way to dispose of something.

Well done, but surely there must me a more environmental way of dealing with it 🤷‍♂️

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