The Pakistan Navy, operating under the Saudi-led Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), has seized narcotics worth nearly $1 billion during two major operations in the Arabian Sea within a span of 48 hours.
According to the CMF, the operations were part of Focused Operation AL MASMAK, conducted under the command of the Saudi-led Combined Task Force 150 (CTF-150).
The Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Yarmook carried out the interceptions, boarding two suspicious dhows that were not transmitting on the Automatic Identification System (AIS) and bore no external markings, later identified as stateless vessels.
During the first operation on October 18, the naval crew seized over two tonnes of crystal methamphetamine, also known as ICE, with an estimated street value of around $822 million.
Less than two days later, another dhow was intercepted, carrying 350 kilograms of ICE worth $140 million and 50 kilograms of cocaine valued at $10 million. The total seizure amounted to
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