
The Leonardo AW159 helicopter — dubbed the Wildcat by the Royal Navy — has helped HMS Dragon and 815 Naval Air Squadron net eight drug busts since last September, and U.K. authorities say the stashes of heroin, hashish, and crystal methamphetamine recovered mark a record for the Royal Navy. On March 17, HMS Dragon, a Portsmouth-based Type 45 destroyer, seized nearly 5,600 pounds of hashish from a dhow fishing vessel while the warship was on her way home through the…