{"id":49428,"date":"2014-10-29T11:49:14","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T11:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=071e7669123b85de884e644859472302"},"modified":"2014-10-29T11:49:14","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T11:49:14","slug":"news-story-uk-warship-seizes-10-million-cocaine-haul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=49428","title":{"rendered":"News story: UK warship seizes \u00a310 million cocaine haul"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Just 24 hours after helping in the aftermath of Hurricane Gonzalo in Bermuda, the Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll\u2019s Lynx helicopter spotted the yacht in the Atlantic. <\/p>\n<p>A search by the US Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment, working from <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.royalnavy.mod.uk\/our-organisation\/the-fighting-arms\/surface-fleet\/frigates\/hms-argyll\">HMS Argyll<\/a>, uncovered 10 bales of cocaine which was confiscated before the 2 crew members were taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p>Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This is yet another clear demonstration of the flexibility and versatility of the Royal Navy. HMS Argyll and her crew are playing a key role in disrupting the drugs trade which blights the UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The British people should be proud of the work that they undertake on our behalf.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"HMS Argyll's boarding team approaches the vessel suspected of carrying drugs\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/32300\/ML140070013g.jpg\"><\/div><figcaption>HMS Argyll&#8217;s boarding team approaches the vessel suspected of carrying drugs [Picture: Leading Airman (Photographer) Stephen Johncock, Crown copyright]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is HMS Argyll\u2019s second bust in 2 months <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.royalnavy.mod.uk\/news-and-latest-activity\/news\/2014\/august\/26\/140826-rn-drugs-bust-argyll\">having seized \u00a321 million of cocaine in August<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The ship is operating as part of a 15-nation collaboration to stop criminal organisations getting access to regions of Central America, with a focus on the illegal movement of drugs from South America to the western world.<\/p>\n<p>Able Seaman Specialist Alex Hartley said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Life on board is hectic at the moment, I was involved in working ashore to help the locals in Bermuda after Hurricane Gonzalo and the next day I drove one of our boats out to intercept a yacht with drugs on it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">This is just typical of our deployment to be honest, life is challenging but rewarding onboard HMS Argyll right now.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Royal Navy warship has seized cocaine with a wholesale value of \u00a310 million from a yacht in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}