{"id":36277,"date":"2024-10-18T12:10:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T12:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=36277"},"modified":"2024-10-18T12:10:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T12:10:45","slug":"pakistan-navy-seized-1-3-tons-of-narcotics-in-the-arabian-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-navy-seized-1-3-tons-of-narcotics-in-the-arabian-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Navy seized 1.3 tons of narcotics in the Arabian Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36279\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Navy_Narcotics.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Navy_Narcotics.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Navy_Narcotics-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Karachi: 17 Oct 2024 &#8211; Pakistan Navy seized 1.3 tons of narcotics valued at approximately $26 million during a targeted operation in the North Arabian Sea, aimed at disrupting illicit maritime activities, the navy said in a press release on Thursday.<\/h5>\n<h5>The operation, dubbed \u201cHimalayan Spirit,\u201d was carried out by the Pakistan Navy ship PNS Zulfiqar, part of a combined task force.<\/h5>\n<h5>The operation was supported by the Pakistan Maritime Security Ship (PMSS) Kolachi, as well as the US Navy and US Coast Guard vessels operating in nearby waters.<\/h5>\n<h5>\u201cPNS Zulfiqar, while participating in Focused Operation Himalayan Spirit, successfully interdicted a vessel carrying 1.3 tons of hashish,\u201d the navy said.<\/h5>\n<h5>The operation also involved aerial surveillance provided by the Pakistan Navy and the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group.<\/h5>\n<h5>The navy emphasised the success of the operation as a reflection of Pakistan\u2019s commitment to ensuring peace and security at critical maritime chokepoints.<\/h5>\n<h5>This follows a series of similar operations, including a June 2024 seizure of 389 kilograms of drugs and a May 2023 operation where over 4,000 kilograms of hashish were confiscated.<\/h5>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gTLFOApxzu\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-october-2024\/\">Pakistan in the World \u2013 October 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Pakistan in the World \u2013 October 2024&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-october-2024\/embed\/#?secret=1fYlQOX1iZ#?secret=gTLFOApxzu\" data-secret=\"gTLFOApxzu\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: 17 Oct 2024 &#8211; Pakistan Navy seized 1.3 tons of narcotics valued at approximately $26 million during a targeted operation in the North Arabian Sea, aimed at disrupting illicit maritime activities, the navy said in a press release on Thursday. The operation, dubbed \u201cHimalayan Spirit,\u201d was carried out by the Pakistan Navy ship PNS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[1787,4218,362,48,1925,3254],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36277"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36277"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36281,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36277\/revisions\/36281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}