The Royal Navy shared photos and details of the incident on Thursday, explaining that the HMS Trent patrol ship seized £160 million, or $209 million, worth of cocaine in this operation.
Photos captured the elements of the boarding team traveling out to the vessel and climbing on top of it. The narco-sub is notably painted a shade of blue that makes it difficult to spot in the ocean.
This particular bust took place on August 26, just 72 hours after a previous interdiction. Per the Royal Navy, the Trent and its crew have now seized over 20,000 pounds in illegal narcotics worth almost $1 billion.
"It has been a busy yet rewarding eight months for Trent whilst deployed to the Caribbean, and this latest seizure reinforces the utility of Royal Navy's Offshore Patrol Vessels in the delivery of this vital tasking," said Commander Tim Langford, HMS Trent's commanding officer.
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