On Thursday, December 16, the US Navy reported the salvation of five Iranians in the Oman bay suspected of drug smuggling, after they set fire to the cache on board a sailing ship, reports Associated Press.
United States Naval Forces published video frames on which you can see the operation to save smugglers.
It is reported that the sailors of the Patrol ship USS Sirocco sailed to the place of the incident and saved people, but one person is still considered to be missing. Sailors reported 1745 kg from a burning vessel. Gasisha, 500 kg. Methamphetamine and 30 kg. Heroine.
The US Navy Commander in the Middle East Timothy Hawkins said that the seized drugs are only half the cargo, because the rest – burned down and drowned.