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Article: Navy snipers seize Pounds 40m of cocaine off Barbados

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July 3, 2008
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The Navy is using Special Boat Service snipers to intercept cocaine shipments heading to Europe from producers in Colombia and Bolivia, it emerged last night.

A team of special forces soldiers was on board a Lynx helicopter on Saturday - also carrying Prince William - that spotted and stopped a smuggling vessel north-east of Barbados. The boat was en route to Europe from Latin America. The Prince was among a team dispatched from his ship, HMS Iron Duke, which intercepted the 50ft speedboat, known as a "go-fast".

American coastguards and British sailors who boarded the boat discovered more than 900kg of cocaine with a street value of 40m. It is believed the shipment was destined for cities ...

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