US cutter seizes 11,023 pounds of hashish in Gulf of Oman
On 10 October 2022, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Glen Harris seized 11,023 pounds of hashish, about 5,000 kg, plus methamphetamine from a fishing vessel in international waters in the Gulf of Oman. U.S. naval authorities valued the combined haul at $48 million; only the hashish weight is recorded as cannabis.
On 10 October 2022, the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter Glen
Harris seized drugs from a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman.[1]The vessel
was in international waters.[1]Glen Harris was operating as part of the
Saudi-led Combined Task Force 150, one of four task forces under the Combined
Maritime Forces.[1]
The seizure totalled 11,023 pounds of hashish, about 5,000 kg, which is the
cannabis component recorded here.[1]The same boarding also recovered about
1,764 pounds of methamphetamine, which is not counted in the cannabis weight.[1]U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet estimated the
combined drugs seized in the operation at $48 million.[1]
Combined Task Force 150 conducts maritime security operations in the gulfs of
Oman and Aden, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.[1]The seizure brought the
international maritime task force’s total drug busts so far that year to more
than $300 million.[1]
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