Story by NAVCENT Public Affairs | U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet | 03.24.2025
MANAMA, Bahrain — A U.S. Coast Guard fast-response cutter, working in direct support of New Zealand-led Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 of Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), seized 260 kilograms of illegal narcotics from a vessel in the Arabian Sea, March 19....
Story by NAVCENT Public Affairs | U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet | 12.06.2024
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS – The U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class fast response cutter Glen Harris (WPC 1144) interdicted a large cache of illicit narcotics at sea in international waters, Nov. 25....
Story by NAVCENT Public Affairs | U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet | 01.08.2024
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter operating under the French-led Combined Task Force 150 of the Combined Maritime Forces seized about $11 million worth of illegal drugs from a vessel while operating in the international waters of the Gulf of Oman, Jan. 5....
Story by NAVCENT Public Affairs | U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet | 05.03.2023
On May 3 at approximately 6:20 a.m. local time, Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi was seized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) while transiting the Strait of Hormuz....
Story by NAVCENT Public Affairs | U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet | 04.27.2023
On April 27 at approximately 1:15 p.m. 1ocal time, Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker Advantage Sweet was seized by the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (IRIN) while transiting international waters in the Gulf of Oman. The oil tanker issued a distress call during the seizure. U.S. 5th Fleet is monitoring the situation....
Story by NAVCENT Public Affairs | U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet | 03.02.2023
U.S. forces provided airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support for an interdiction in the Gulf of Oman conducted by the United Kingdom Royal Navy, Feb. 23, that resulted in the discovery of an illegal weapons shipment from Iran....
Story by NAVCENT Public Affairs | U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet | 09.27.2022
A U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter seized an estimated $85 million worth of heroin from a fishing vessel while patrolling the Gulf of Oman, Sept. 27, representing the largest illegal drug interdiction in the Middle East by international naval forces this year....
Story by NAVCENT Public Affairs | U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet | 05.17.2022
A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer seized 640 kilograms of methamphetamine worth $39 million from a fishing vessel while patrolling international waters in the Gulf of Oman, May 15-16....
