US military halts smuggling vessel, seizes $33 million worth of drugs in the Gulf of Oman - Fox News

The U.S. subject halted a smuggling vas successful the Gulf of Oman this week, uncovering $33 cardinal worthy of methamphetamine and hashish.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Emlen Tunnell halted the expected sportfishing vas successful planetary waters adjacent the seashore of Bahrain. U.S. forces boarded the vessel and seized 4,000 kilograms of hashish and 512 kilograms of methamphetamine.

The Emlen Tunnell operates arsenic portion of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) that patrol the Gulf, which includes vessels from the U.K. Royal Navy and different allies.

"This is conscionable the opening of our enactment successful delivering maritime information operations successful the portion to halt illicit activities and cause smuggling," said UK Royal Navy Capt. James Byron, who commands the Emlen Tunnell's CMF group. "This comes arsenic a effect of a valued concern betwixt CTF 150 and each spouse nations successful Combined Maritime Forces."

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A U.S. Coast Guard vas seized $33 cardinal worthy of amerciable drugs aft halting a smuggling vas successful the Gulf of Oman. (US Central Command)

U.S. forces person besides seized thousands of rifles and different subject instrumentality from Iranian smuggling vessels bound for Yemen.

The U.S. Navy halted 1 specified vas connected Jan. 6, uncovering 2,116 battle rifles. The Yemeni-crewed vessel was the 3rd sportfishing vas to beryllium recovered smuggling lethal assistance from Iran to Houthi rebels successful Yemen since November. U.S. forces besides seized much than 50 tons of ammunition and fuses and propellants for rockets connected Dec. 1.

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The USS The Sullivans, USS Hurricane and USCG John Scheuerman besides intercepted much than 70 tons of chemicals utilized to marque rocket propellant and explosives connected Nov. 8.

Most recently, French peculiar forces confiscated implicit 3,000 battle rifles, 500,000 rounds of ammunition and 20 anti-tank guided missiles from different Iranian smuggling vas connected Monday. The French worked successful coordination with U.S. forces to bring successful the haul.

The U.S. Navy confiscated 2,116 battle rifles being smuggled retired of Iran to Yemen.

An Iranian smuggling vas halted by U.S. Navy forces.

"This shipment is portion of a continued signifier of destabilizing enactment from Iran," Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, commandant of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces, said earlier successful January. "These threats person our attention. We stay vigilant successful detecting immoderate maritime enactment that impedes state of navigation oregon compromises determination security."

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The U.S. Navy has a agelong past of interactions with Iranian vessels successful the country arsenic well. Three Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy vessels (IRGCN) confronted a U.S. convoy successful the Strait of Hormuz successful June 2022, with 1 of the vessels closing wrong 50 yards of the USS Sirocco.