October 31 operation disclosed in November
A Friesland drug interception in the Caribbean Sea on October 31 recovered about 4,200 kilograms of narcotics, according to a Coastguard announcement reported by NoticiaCla on November 11. The report concerns a newly disclosed earlier operation, not a seizure taking place on November 11.
The Dutch Caribbean Coastguard and U.S. Coast Guard cooperated with HNLMS Friesland after a Dash 8 patrol aircraft detected a suspicious vessel.
Suspects and drugs handed to U.S. authorities
Friesland deployed two fast interception boats carrying Dutch and U.S. personnel. According to the report, the vessel ignored orders to stop and warning shots before U.S. Coast Guard personnel boarded it. The drugs and suspects were transferred to U.S. authorities.
Friesland has served as the region’s station ship since September, with counter-narcotics and disaster-response duties. The report does not identify an Aruba landing, an Aruba-based suspect or the exact location of the interception; it concerns the shared regional maritime-security service.
Source: Read the original NoticiaCla report.
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