Falmouth-based navy ship RFA Argus has been involved in a £120m drugs bust in the Caribbean.

Over one and a half tonnes of Cocaine either rests on the seabed or has been seized by Navy support ship RFA Argus after she twice successfully intercepted traffickers in the space of a few days.

During the first incident, the drug runners dumped their entire cargo overboard, while in the second more than one tonne of cocaine was either recovered from the sea or the boat which the traffickers were using.

Since early September RFA Argus and HMS Medway have seized over 4.5 tonnes of cocaine, with the total street value of the drugs had they reached the UK at £367m.

"It's at a time like this when all the elements in a ship as capable as RFA Argus come together to achieve such success, that one feels proud to be her Commanding Officer," Captain Kevin Rimell RFA.

"The professionalism and resourcefulness of both the UK and US assets onboard have delivered success and proven we work as one team."

In the most recent bust, which resulted in a haul of 1,085kg of cocaine, Argus launched her Wildcat helicopter to search for a suspected drug runner.

The aviators from 815 Naval Air Squadron quickly found the boat and gave chase, catching it and forcing it to stop before a boat carrying Royal Marines from 47 Commando and a US Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment arrived and the suspect craft was boarded and searched.

Packages of drugs had been thrown overboard during the chase, so a Merlin helicopter from 845 Naval Air Squadron and another boat was launched by Argus to recover the discarded bags.

Argus has now carried out five counter-narcotics operations since September.

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