Article: Wills' [pounds sterling]40m drug bust; The operation: The Lynx helicopter hovers above the sinking speedboat, while HMS Iron Duke waits behind. Inset: Prince William in uniform.

Byline: Rebecca English

PRINCE William was involved in a [pounds sterling]40million cocaine bust during hisfirst week of operations with the Royal Navy in the West Indies.

The 26-year-old helped locate and monitor smugglers from a Lynx helicopter -then watched as 45 bales of the drug, weighing just under a ton, were seizedfrom the sinking speedboat off Barbados.

Sub-Lieutenant Wales, as he is known, then worked to bring the haul on boardHMS Iron Duke.

William is on a month-long posting with the frigate, which conducted the jointoperation with the U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday.

His secondment to the Navy is aimed at preparing ...

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