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Royal Navy seizes cocaine worth $380m -- and now what?

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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:31:00 +0000

The Royal Navy says it has seized its biggest haul of cocaine, estimating its street value at £240m ($380m).

The Portsmouth-based frigate HMS Iron Duke seized more than five-and-a-half tonnes of the drug from a 138ft fishing boat off the coast of Colombia.

The Royal Navy and US Coastguard jointly intercepted the boat after it was spotted by a navy helicopter crew.

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