{"id":150331,"date":"2024-04-16T10:24:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T10:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=150331"},"modified":"2024-04-17T16:18:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T16:18:52","slug":"indian-navy-carries-out-first-drug-interdiction-as-cmf-member-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=150331","title":{"rendered":"Indian Navy Carries Out First Drug Interdiction as CMF Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dateline-text\"><br \/>\n                MANAMA, Bahrain \u00a0\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Indian Navy Ship INS Talwar, operating in support of the Canadian-led Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, conducted its first interdiction of illicit narcotics as a member of Combined Maritime Forces, seizing 940 kg of drugs in the Arabian Sea, April 13.<\/p>\n<p>Talwar, a Talwar-class frigate, seized 453 kg of methamphetamines, 416 kg of hash and 71 kg of heroin from a dhow as part of Focused Operation Crimson Barracuda.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian Navy joined CMF last November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI commend the crew of INS Talwar for their efforts throughout this Focused Operation and their hard work has paid off with this seizure of 940 kg of drugs,\u201d said Royal Canadian Navy Capt. Colin Matthews, Commander, Combined Task Force 150. \u201cThis seizure, the fourth of this Focused Operation, demonstrates the effectiveness and professionalism of CMF, and of the Indian Navy, in deterring and disrupting criminal and terrorist activities at sea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crimson Barracuda, which concluded on April 15, focused on countering terrorist and criminal organizations\u2019 use of the high seas to conduct smuggling operations in the Western Indian Ocean region.<\/p>\n<p>CTF 150 is one of five task forces under Combined Maritime Forces, the world\u2019s largest international naval partnership. CTF 150\u2019s mission is to deter and disrupt the ability of non-state actors to move weapons, drugs and other illicit substances in the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman.<\/p>\n<p>Combined Maritime Forces is a 42-nation naval partnership upholding the international rules-based order by promoting security and stability across 3.2 million square miles of water encompassing some of the world\u2019s most important shipping lanes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANAMA, Bahrain \u00a0\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00a0 The Indian Navy Ship INS Talwar, operating in support of the Canadian-led Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, conducted its first interdiction of illicit narcotics as a member of Combined Maritime Forces, seizing 940 kg of drugs in the Arabian Sea, April 13. Talwar, a Talwar-class frigate, seized 453 kg of methamphetamines, 416 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":150333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150331"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150334,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150331\/revisions\/150334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/150333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}