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Canadian frigate in the war aginst terror captures Pakistani rum runners

January 26, 2008 by Akiva  
Filed under Maritime Security

Canadian sailors patrolling the Arabian Sea in the war on terrorism ended up this week helping Pakistani authorities fight alcohol smuggling. On Wednesday, HMCS Charlottetown doing maritime security operations with a multinational naval task force, intercepted a booze-laden dhow 29,7 nautical miles off Pakistan’s coast. The 50ft. long dhow was on her way from [...]