RFA Argus, alongside her Wildcat and Merlin helicopters, Royal Marines and US Coast Guard teams,...

Published: 5:47 pm October 4, 2020
Updated: 6:24 am March 8, 2026
A Royal Navy task group has prevented drugs worth more than £160 million from potentially reaching the UK on two daring operations in the Caribbean – UKNIP

RFA Argus, alongside her Wildcat and Merlin helicopters, Royal Marines and US Coast Guard teams, worked with Dutch Navy ship HNLMS Groningen to seize 1.7 tonnes of cocaine and 28kg of amphetamines.

The bust was the second in two days after seizing 264kg of cocaine in a separate operation in the region just 48 hours before.

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