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AW159 Wildcat Helicopter Helps Royal Navy Net Record Drug Busts

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AW159 Wildcat Helicopter Helps Royal Navy Net Record Drug Busts
A Royal Navy AW159 Wildcat helicopter. (Royal Navy)

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…

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