Prince William's Navy ship pulls off ?40m cocaine bust

ANI

Tue, 01 Jan 2008: 

London, July 2 (ANI): Prince William has been involved in a 40 million pounds cocaine bust during his first week of operations with the Royal Navy, reports the Ministry of Defence.

 

HMS Iron Duke intercepted a speedboat in the north Atlantic, hundreds of miles northeast of Barbados, on June 28.

 >US Coast Guard officials on the British frigate boarded the vessel and found 45 bales of cocaine weighing a total of 900kg, reports The Sun.

 

William is spending time on the warship as part of a two-month secondment to the Navy.

 

The training is aimed at preparing him for his future role as head of the armed forces. (ANI)