Royal Navy patrol ship seizes £40 million of cocaine from speedboat

Royal Marines and US Coast Guard on HMS Trent intercepted a smugglers’ vessel carrying 506 kilograms of Class A narcotics south of the Dominican Republic earlier this month. The bust was the sixth made by the Royal Navy vessel this year, bringing the total amount of drugs seized to £551.5 million. HMS Trent was alerted to a speed boat suspected to be smuggling cocaine around 120 nautical miles south of the Dominican Republic on August 8. #mod #royalnavy #royalmarines