Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The Pakistani ship PNS Yarmouk, operating in direct support of Combined Force 150 (CTF 150) of the Saudi-led Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), successfully busted drugs worth over $972.4 million in the Arabian Sea during an operation called Masmak.

The CMF, a naval partnership that also includes the United States, said that the Pakistani naval vessel last week intercepted two different dhow sailing boats within 48 hours. The crew seized several tons of crystal methamphetamine and a smaller amount of cocaine, the CMF statement said.

The intercepted vessels were identified as having no nationality, it said. “It was one of the most successful narcotics seizures for CMF," said Royal Saudi Naval Forces Commodore Fahad Aljoiad, commander of the CMF taskforce carrying out the operation.

The crew boarded the first dhow on October 18 and seized more than two tons of crystal methamphetamine with an estimated value of $822.4 million. Less than 48 hours later, the crew boarded the second dhow and seized 350 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine with a value of $140 million and 50 kilograms of cocaine with a value of $10 million. The drugs were transferred to the ship for testing to confirm their type and were subsequently disposed of.

The CMF, which includes 47 countries' navies, patrols more than three million square miles of sea, including some of the world's busiest shipping lanes.