Royal Navy ship torches smugglers' boat carrying £24m of cocaine in Caribbean | UK News

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Royal Navy ship torches smugglers' boat carrying £24m of cocaine in CaribbeanDramatic images show the torching of a drug smugglers' boat after a tense chase with a naval warship in the Caribbean.Once it was stopped, officers boarded the boat and found several large packages of drugs weighing more than 400kg.The boat was then destroyed - a way of preventing it from being used to transport any more drugs and also a means of practice for Medway's gunnery team."It might be the first, but we're going to make sure that it won't be the last, and I speak on behalf of everyone here in saying this has galvanised our determination to succeed.Read more:Navy frigate, Wildcat helicopter and Commandos bust £15.5m crystal meth stashHMS Prince of Wales breaks down off south coast shortly after setting sail for USNavy frigate, Wildcat helicopter and Commandos bust £15.5m crystal meth stashHMS Prince of Wales breaks down off south coast shortly after setting sail for US"Together with our partners on board Medway and up in the skies above us, we're able to smash a hole in the supply chain and disrupt the movement of these harmful drugs before they have the chance to harm people at home and abroad," Cdr Hollingworth said."

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