Heroin heroes
Navy seizes narcotics
Sydney — An Australian navy ship seized and destroyed nearly half a tonne of heroin valued at US$91 million (3.3 trillion baht) hidden in a fishing boat in the northern Indian Ocean, the ship’s captain said on October 7.
The captain said he sent a search party onto the vessel after he saw the crew on the dhow acting suspiciously. The heroin packages weighing a total of 427kg were transferred to the Melbourne, where they were analysed and destroyed. — DPA