42 CDO - Boarding Operations in the Arabian Gulf

Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM

Location: Arabian Gulf

Period/ Conflict:

Year: 2019

Date/s: March 2019

Royal Marines and Navy Boarding teams from the Royal Navy warship HMS Dragon has sailed into the record books after her seventh drugs bust in the Middle East – bringing her total deployment haul to £145m.

Since deploying to the Middle East in September last year, HMS Dragon has racked up a record haul of drugs from criminals they have hunted down across the open seas – 15,246kg of hash, 455kg of heroin, and 9kg of crystal meth.

References/ Further Reading:

1. The Maritime Executive - 2019