Plymouth-based ship scores £120 million drugs bust
RFA Argus supported HMS Medway in seizing large amounts of cocaine
Drugs with a street value of more than a third of a billion pounds have been intercepted by Royal Navy ships on patrol in the Caribbean.
HMS Medway and support ship RFA Argus have been involved in seven drug busts in seven weeks leading to the seizure of 4.5 tonnes of cocaine, which would sell in the UK for £367 million.
Plymouth-based Argus was involved in two incidents in just a few days in which its crew intercepted one-and-a-half tonnes of cocaine worth £120 million.
Argus has carried out five counter-narcotics operations since September while Medway has been involved in two.