The Pakistan Navy Ship PNS Yarmook, in collaboration with the Saudi-led Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), successfully confiscated narcotics valued at over $972 million from sailboats in the Arabian Sea, according to a Tuesday statement from the overseeing naval network.
The CMF, a naval alliance that includes the United States, reported that the Pakistani naval ship intercepted two separate dhow sailing boats within a 48-hour timeframe last week.
On October 18, the crew boarded the first dhow and seized more than two tons of crystal methamphetamine (ICE) with a street value estimated at $822.4 million. Within 48 hours, the crew boarded a second dhow, confiscating 350 kg of ICE worth $140 million and 50 kg of cocaine valued at $10 million, according to the CMF statement.
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The intercepted vessels were “identified as having no nationality,” the statement noted, without specifying their origin.
“It was one of the most successful narcotics seizures for CMF,” stated Royal Saudi Naval Forces Commodore Fahad Aljoiad, commander of the CMF task force conducting the operation.
U.S. Central Command commends the Saudi-led Combined Task Force 150 of Combined Maritime Forces for the successful seizure of over $972 million in narcotics. Over a 48-hour period, Pakistan Navy Ship Yarmook conducted boarding operations on two dhows in the Arabian Sea…
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) October 21, 2025
The U.S. Central Command, in a post on X, praised the CMF, which consists of navies from 47 countries and patrols over 3 million square miles of sea, including some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, to prevent drug and weapon smuggling.
Combined Maritime Forces is a 47-nation naval partnership dedicated to maintaining international order by enhancing security and stability across 3.2 million square miles of waters that encompass some of the world’s crucial shipping lanes.
