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RFA Wave Knight in major seizure of drugs in the Caribbean
Royal Fleet Auxiliary support ship Wave Knight has helped seize an estimated £6.5 million worth of drugs from traffickers in the Caribbean. In a multi-agency operation involving UK and US assets, the fishing vessel Miss Tiffany was detected and one of Wave Knight’s boats was launched to investigate. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesThe drugs were originally going to be taken onboard the Libertad but they were afraid it might sink.
Sep 16th, 2013 - 04:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0That is interesting, RFA vessel's are 'civilian', as are their crews, or they used to be.
Sep 16th, 2013 - 04:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0@2 they are still civilian but have the provision for a detachment of RN personnel to be aboard (usually for the CIWS/Helicopters). In this case the boats were operated by 'US Law Enforcement' - the article is almos the same as the one on the RN website apart from they missed out one sentence
Sep 16th, 2013 - 05:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0“Wave Knight’s previous record for boat preparation was ‘smashed’ in the urgency to launch the embarked US Law Enforcement Detachment.”
http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Latest-News/2013/September/12/130912-Wave-Knight-drugs-bust
Well done, Wave Knight. Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels are civilian-manned by civil servants from the UK Ministry of Defence. They are augmented by Regular and Reserve Royal Navy personnel.
Sep 16th, 2013 - 06:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0@3 A proper read suggests that the first boat was crewed by 'US Law Enforcement'. The second was a “ship's boat”. Probably crewed by the Royal Navy.
I am surprised that the official version describes the Commanding Officer as 'Captain'. On British merchant vessel's the Commanding Officer's official title is “Master”. That is what his Certificate of Competency should say and 'The Articles' the crew sign they essentially agree to obey the master or his duly appointed representative.
Sep 16th, 2013 - 06:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0Unless the Master holds the military, or even pseudo military rank of captain, he is not entitled to use it.
It is used as an honorary form of address to the current master of a merchant vessel.
Similarly I believe the official term for the commander of an aircraft is 'Pilot in Command'.
“a multi-agency operation involving UK and US assets” as usual. Together on thievery and piracy.
Sep 16th, 2013 - 08:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0@6
Sep 16th, 2013 - 09:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0Right sure......taking illegal drugs and arresting criminals is piracy in itself?
You must be an Argentine with that kind of logic.
@6 Not “thievery”. Seen anything argie at sea to combat narcotics smuggling? Of course not. The argies are doing the smuggling. On the few occasions that they can get a vessel to “float” the right way up. CFK is a criminal. Via Maximo she finances narcotics smuggling. Anybody think an argie could tell the truth? Not in the next thousand years. Invade!
Sep 16th, 2013 - 11:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0@7 Of course it's an argie. Argies can best be described as animals, criminals, shit, war criminals. All of whom deserve to die. Not to be confused with Argentines. Argentines are educated, intelligent, responsible, sane, sensible people. Nothing like animal, brainwahed, brute argies.
Buy your ganga from Uruguay, no waiting (once Pepe has ploughed the field, sowed the seeds, etc. etc).
Sep 16th, 2013 - 12:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We will have to wait and see if the experiment will work.
Oh, Oh, I see a little problem on the horizon. TMBOA has corned the market in drugs sold to Uruguay and Pepe is her chief arse licker, closely followed by La Tronca, his harridan senator wife, shortly to be our glorious V.P. How can they evade the wrath of the plastic faced MBOA? Read the next gripping instalment, or better still, don’t bother it’s all decided by the argies.
“Subsequent onboard analysis strongly suggested these bales contained marijuana”
Sep 16th, 2013 - 02:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Is marijuana easily confused with coke?......strongly suggested!
.....onboard analysis.....they all had a joint to celebrate!
#6 gonzo......do you have an issue with your illicit drugs being confiscated? Is that the thorn in you ass? How long have you been in the illicit drug smuggling business?
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