UK Royal Navy scores $40m drug bust in Arabian Sea

The haul came to 1,000 kg of heroin, 660 kg of hashish, and six kg of amphetamine – worth an estimated £30 million on UK streets.

It is the second bust in three months for Lancaster, which is based in Bahrain and is attached to a New Zealand-led international task force spread across the Indian Ocean hunting down illegal activity.

In March, the frigate's crew recovered packages that smugglers had attempted to dispose of in the Northern Arabian Sea. The New Zealand Defence Force said that the estimated street value of the seized narcotics is equivalent to US$191 million.