Narcotics value greater than $972m seized in two separate operations carried out inside 48 hours.
Printed On 22 Oct 2025
The Pakistani navy, working as a part of the Saudi-led Mixed Maritime Forces (CMF), has seized almost $1bn value of narcotics from two vessels crusing by means of the Arabian Sea.
The CMF, the naval community overseeing the operation, mentioned in an announcement on Wednesday that final week, the Pakistani navy intercepted the dhows in two separate operations over 48 hours and seized narcotics value greater than $972m.
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The crew boarded the primary dhow and seized greater than 2 tonnes of “crystal methamphetamine (ICE) with an estimated avenue worth of $822,400,000” on October 18, the CMF said in an announcement.
“Lower than 48 hours later, the crew boarded a second dhow and seized 350 kg of ICE value $140,000,000, and 50 kg of cocaine value $10,000,000.”
The CMF didn’t present additional particulars on the place the vessels originated, however added that they had been recognized “as having no nationality”.
U.S. Central Command congratulates the Saudi-led Mixed Process Pressure 150 of Mixed Maritime Forces for efficiently seizing greater than $972 million value of narcotics. Over a 48-hour interval, Pakistan Navy Ship Yarmook carried out boarding operations of two dhows within the Arabian…
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) October 21, 2025
The operations had been carried out in direct assist of a Saudi-led Mixed Process Pressure 150, which mentioned “the success of this targeted operation highlights the significance of the multi-national collaboration”.
It was “one of the crucial profitable narcotics seizures for CMF”, mentioned Saudi Arabian navy’s Commodore Fahad Aljoiad, commander of the CMF activity power finishing up the operation.
The CMF is a 47-nation naval partnership tasked with inspecting greater than 3.2 million sq. miles (about 829 million hectares) of waters, together with a number of the world’s most necessary delivery lanes, to stop smuggling, the assertion added.
In a separate assertion, the Pakistani navy mentioned the achievement highlighted its “unwavering dedication to regional maritime safety, international peace, and the collective battle towards illicit trafficking at sea”.
