Limeys light ‘em up 2: Limeys light ‘em up again
September 29th, 2009 | Coast Guard Royal Navy Ships | Posted by Phil Ewing
Drug runners be ye warned: The British frigate Iron Duke brought in the biggest cocaine seizure in the Royal Navy's history this week // Royal Navy
Does anyone not enjoy seeing the Royal Navy interdict drug smugglers, seize their contraband, then shoot up their vessels and sink them? If you don’t like it, don’t watch this video of the British frigate Iron Duke’s latest coup — the biggest cocaine seizure in Royal Navy history — which includes some pretty motivational footage of a helicopter machine gun raking the drug runners’ boat.
This is only the latest big takedown by Iron Duke, which Scoop Deck readers will remember from the last time it made a big drug collar out on the water. By the way, the embedded video here includes a voiceover added by the ITN network; you can see the Royal Navy’s raw, unedited video on its website here.
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doc75 Says:
September 29th, 2009 at 6:42 pmGreat story. Just curious, but do US Navy warships or Coast Guard vessels sink drug boats?
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NoStratComm4U Says:
September 29th, 2009 at 8:19 pmYep…but it seems as if Navy public affairs folks are afraid something will go wrong if we release the video…
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Dan Says:
September 29th, 2009 at 11:29 pmI didn’t know we destroyed boats at sea. The only time I have been involved in a anti-drug operation we turned it over to the Mexican Navy for evidence.