Pubdate: Sat, 09 Jun 2012
Source: Nanaimo Daily News (CN BC)
Copyright: 2012 Nanaimo Daily News
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DRUGS CAPTURED BY NAVY LINKED TO TERRORISTS

A Royal Canadian Navy commander says he believes drugs that were 
intercepted by a Royal Canadian Navy vessel in the Gulf of Aden had 
links to terrorist organizations.

Cmdr. Wade Carter of the HMCS Charlottetown said in a conference call 
Friday that the frigate intercepted an illicit drug shipment in the 
gulf on the west side of the Arabian Sea, north of Somalia.

The commander says about 270 kilograms of hashish was captured on May 
7 when a team from the ship boarded a small vessel, though no arrests 
were made.

Carter says the navy believes some profits from the drugs run between 
the coast of Pakistan and coastal nations in east Africa are used to 
fund terrorism and the purchase of arms.

He also says there are indications of links to terrorist 
organizations in the case of the vessel that was intercepted, but he 
declined to give any further details.
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