US NAVAL FORCES CENTRAL COMMAND/5FLEET: Two coalition warships have intercepted and stopped illegal smuggling activities in the North Arabian Sea over the last two days. A coalition warship assigned to Combined Maritime Forces intercepted a fishing dhow with drugs onboard in the North Arabian Sea on Monday.

While conducting Maritime Security Operations, the warship stopped and boarded the Pakistani-flagged vessel. During the boarding, a large quantity of hashish, approximately 4.3 tons, was discovered in the cargo hold of the ship. The majority of the drugs were disposed of at sea, and a representative sample was retained for use as evidence in court.

On Tuesday, another coalition warship intercepted a separate vessel carrying more than 10,000 bottles of alcohol. Pakistani authorities arrested both dhows' crew and are taking them back to Pakistan, where they will face an investigation for drug related and smuggling offenses.

Coalition ships assigned to Task Force 150 operate throughout the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. Task Force 150 is commanded by Pakistani Commodore Hasham Saddique; Pakistan has commanded the Task Force two times.

Maritime Security Operations are focused on counter-terrorism; defence of offshore and onshore maritime infrastructure; counter smuggling; counter-piracy; and upholding international rights and freedoms.-PR


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Excellent capture. No we know that some of this stuf is coming in from the outside, or at least being traded at international level.

We should work to get the big suppliers out of the people captured, make sure that all involved are severally punished.

That's a fake catch, simple as is.
Civilized world call it false implications, as in planting the evidence themselves, entrapment.

The fisherman must have refused the bribe, and the uniformed defenders planted evidence.
Karachi police is notoriously known to carry on these tactics.

No evidence, no case.

Doubt it. The US Coast Guard does the same exact thing when they catch massive amounts of drugs at sea. They don't go ahead and bring all back for evidence, they destroy it.

... aka ... Will keep it for themselves and sell it at a later date.