Navy seizes £100m of cocaine
The crew of a Royal Navy warship has seized a 680kg stash of cocaine with an estimated street value of £100 million after sailors boarded a speedboat near Puerto Rico.
Navy burns 'drug smugglers' boat' after raid
A speedboat believed to have been used to smuggle cocaine worth £100 million was burnt after it was intercepted by the Royal Navy.
The Ministry of Defence said it was standard practice to sink vessels used by smugglers to prevent them from being used again.
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