10-09-2014, 07:05 PM
5.59 Tons of Hashish Nabbed At Sea
You think those international forces patrolling the coast of Somalia are supposed to be protecting the sea lanes from pirates, right? Well, that's not all they're doing. In the latest operation completed on October 6, an Australian frigate, the HMAS Toowoomba, backed up by a New Zealand search plane trailed a dhow -- a type of sailboat traditionally used by Arab merchants -- from the Arabian Sea to the Horn of Africa.
http://www.hightimes.com/read/559-tons-h...nabbed-sea