The guided-missile destroyer Momsen and a U.S. Coast Guard team seized approximately $39 million worth of methamphetamine in the Gulf of Oman this week.The Momsen was conducting a patrol in international waters May 15-16 when a U.S. Coast Guard interdiction team launched a flag verification boarding of a fishing vessel. The destroyer was operating under Combined Task Force 150, part of Combined Maritime Forces that the U.S. leads and is composed of 34 nations. CTF-150 is one of four task forces now operating in the Mideast to counter maritime threats.“The vessel was interdicted while transiting international waters along a route historically used by criminal organizations to smuggle people, weapons, narcotics and charcoal,” the Navy said in a news release. “Crew members attempted to discard more than 60 bales of the seized drugs as Momsen approached.”
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