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2004-01-04 Terror Networks

Navy seizes another drug boat with $11 million in hashish

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-01-04 1:26:03 PM|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So is that stuff shipping out of Iran? Destination SA?

Posted by Lucky 2004-1-4 4:41:39 PM|| 2004-1-4 4:41:39 PM|| Front Page Top

Fifteen people aboard the dhow are being held

They managed to get 15 people and 2,800 pounds of hash on a dhow? I didn't think those boats were that big.

Maybe the Navy suspected them because the boat was so low in the water. :-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-1-4 5:45:47 PM|| 2004-1-4 5:45:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Here is a picture and description of the tub that the USS Decater intercepted recently. No sails, like the Dhows of Yoreâ¢.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-1-4 7:42:12 PM|| 2004-1-4 7:42:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 A/P: The dhow is riding high. It looks like there are prop strike splashes in the wake. I wonder if the Navy boarding crew dumped all the usual rock ballast? Without the ballast, the dhow wouldn't survive even a medium lumpy seaway. I wonder why the Navy didn't just sling it out onto the deck of one of their larger ships?

Posted by Rivrdog 2004-1-5 12:21:27 AM|| 2004-1-5 12:21:27 AM|| Front Page Top

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