UK leads fight against drugs with £18 million seizure

9 Jul 2014 10:36 AM

More than 6,000 kilos of cannabis resin have been seized thanks to a British-led task force. 

Australian ship HMAS Darwin has confiscated drugs with an estimated UK street value of around £18 million as part of UK-led Combined Task Force (CTF) 150.

The bust was made following a 12-hour operation in which boarding teams found the drugs hidden in the hull of a dhow in the Indian Ocean.

The 6,248-kilogram haul of cannabis resin, also known as hash or hashish, is the largest found in the Indian Ocean to date

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