HMAS Ballarat seizes 2tonne of hashish – Feb 2019
Channel: contactpublishing
Date: 2019-03-10

Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Ballarat has seized two tonnes of hashish worth approximately $100 million* in street value during a boarding operation on 28 February 2019.
Following the suspicious behaviour of a fishing vessel or dhow, the boarding team searched and discovered 100 hessian bags of hashish on board, which were transferred to Ballarat for testing and then destroyed.

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