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Frigate seized drugs in Arabian Sea
The INS 'Talwar-F40', which was recently operating in support of the Canadian-led Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, conducted its first interdiction of illicit narcotics as a member of Combined Maritime Forces, seizing 940 kg of drugs in the Arabian Sea on April 13, 2024. The frigate crew seized 453 kg of methamphetamines, 416 kg of hash and 71 kg of heroin from a dhow as part of Focused Operation Crimson Barracuda. The seizure was the f4th of the operation in deterring and disrupting criminal and terrorist activities at sea. Crimson Barracuda, which concluded on April 15, focused on countering terrorist and criminal organizations’ use of the high seas to conduct smuggling operations in the Western Indian Ocean region.
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