Riyadh– The Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, which is currently led by the Royal Saudi Navy Forces, carried out an interception and search operation of a boat in the Gulf of Oman through the USCGC Glen Harris. The CTF 150 seized and confiscated 3,330 kg of hashish and heroin.
The Royal Saudi Navy Forces Command took over these tasks for the first time from the British Royal Navy on July 30, 2018 and for the second time from its French counterpart in August 2020. In addition to today’s operation, the Saudi forces carried out six operations.
The first operation was carried out in October 2020, in which more than 450 kg of methamphetamine, known as “crystal meth”, were seized. In November 2020, two operations were carried out, including an interception of a boat carrying 1,579 kilograms of hashish in addition to an interception of a boat and confiscation of 456 kilograms of the narcotic “Crystal meth” as well as 364 kilograms of heroin.
In December 2020, two operations were carried out. In the first operation, 910 kilograms of hashish was seized, while the forces intercepted and confiscated, in the second operation, 182 kilograms of methamphetamine, in addition to 272 kilograms of heroin in international waters in the Arabian Sea.
Source: Saudi Press Agency