British warship seizes drugs worth £43 mlnSailors from a British warship boarded a traditional Arab dhow dhow One- or two-masted Arab sailing vessel, usually with lateen rigging (slanting, triangular sails), common on the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. On the larger types, called baggalas and booms, the mainsail is considerably bigger than the mizzensail. and seized 10 tonnes of drugs worth an estimated 43 million pounds in the Gulf of Aden Noun 1. Gulf of Aden - arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea Indian Ocean - the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south southeast of Oman, US naval forces based in Bahrain said on Thursday. The drug-runners were spotted by the warship and a US maritime aircraft, part of a multinational task force that carries out maritime security operations Maritime Security Operations (MSO) is a term for the actions of modern naval forces to "combat sea–based terrorism and other illegal activities, such as hijacking, piracy, and slavery, also known as human trafficking. in and around the Strait of Hormuz Noun 1. Strait of Hormuz - a strategically important strait linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman Strait of Ormuz Arabian Sea - a northwestern arm of the Indian Ocean between India and Arabia , Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. "The seizure of these drugs takes money out of the hands of those financing terrorists in the region," the statement quoted Vice Admiral Bill Gortney, commander of the Combined Maritime Forces, as saying. The statement said the force was created "to counter terrorism, prevent smuggling and deter other destabilising activities." 
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