{"id":18379,"date":"2025-10-11T19:02:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T19:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=18379"},"modified":"2025-10-11T19:02:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T19:02:16","slug":"nearly-one-ton-of-narcotics-seized-off-yemen-near-bab-al-mandab-strait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=18379","title":{"rendered":"Nearly One Ton of Narcotics Seized Off Yemen Near Bab Al-Mandab Strait"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly One Ton of Narcotics Seized Off Yemen Near Bab Al-Mandab Strait
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Yemeni Forces confiscated one ton of narcotics from a boat in a maritime operation off the coast of Ras Al Arah, near the Bab al-Mandab Strait, which is a strategic shipping corridor connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.<\/p>\n

The packages were hidden in the cargo hold and included methamphetamine, hashish, and heroin, meant to be supplied to nearby countries in the region.<\/p>\n

Officials tracked the smuggling vessel for many hours before launching an interception 30 nm offshore. Security forces subdued the criminals before securing the shipment without any casualties.<\/p>\n

Four individuals were arrested and sent to the authorities for investigation, and the drugs were taken for forensic analysis.<\/p>\n

Brigadier General Hamdi Shukri called the bust a major victory against the transnational criminal networks and stated the need for constant vigilance along the Yemeni coastlines. He added that drugs pose a threat no deadly than war as they finance armed groups.<\/p>\n

Analysts note that the Bab al-Mandeb Strait is being exploited by criminal organisations due to the high ship traffic and limited law enforcement capacity in the area.<\/p>\n

However, Yemeni forces have increased naval patrols to counter the increase in illegal maritime activities in its waters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Nearly One Ton of Narcotics Seized Off Yemen Near Bab Al-Mandab Strait Image for representation purposes only. Yemeni Forces confiscated one ton of narcotics from a boat in a maritime operation off the coast of Ras Al Arah, near the Bab al-Mandab Strait, which is a strategic shipping corridor connecting the Red Sea to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194,196],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-18379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marine-insight","category-shipping-news","tag-marine-insight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}