PlayPrince's ship in cocaine haul
Published: Wednesday, 2 July 2008, 12:56PM
The Royal Navy warship Prince William is serving on has seized cocaine worth at least £40 million.
The Prince joined HMS Iron Duke on the 24 June as part of a secondment to familiarise himself with all three Armed Forces.
The frigate intercepted a speedboat in the north Atlantic, hundreds of miles north east of Barbados, seizing a total of 900kg of cocaine.
The 50ft speedboat, which appeared to be heading for Europe or West Africa, later sank. Five crew members were detained.
Commander Mark Newland, the ship's commanding officer, said: "This is a fantastic start to HMS Iron Duke's north Atlantic deployment.
"To have had a direct impact on the flow of cocaine into Europe just four days after we arrived in theatre shows the benefit the Royal Navy can have in the area of maritime security and counter-drug operations."
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