In a few days in May, the Navy seized 5.3 tonnes of narcotics in three separate operations: two in the Indian Ocean and one in the Caribbean Sea (22 bales of cocaine, or 737 kg). This latest operation benefited from the support of Dutch and Dominican maritime patrol aircraft. The crew of the go fast was handed over to the Colombian Navy, with which the French Navy was intervening as part of the recurring operation Toucan Royal.
La frégate Aconiteintégrée à la mission Joan of Arcfor its part, got its hands in mid-May on 104 bales of cocaine, or 3.3 t, on a fishing vessel sailing without a flag in the Antilles. Seven traffickers were arrested. In addition, on the night of May 14 to 15, on information from the Armed Forces in the Antilles (FAA), the surveillance and intervention platoon of the Gendarmerie (PSIG) of Marin (Martinique) intercepted 15,000 kg of cocaine, 3,500 kg of cannabis, and a handgun with 58 9 mm rounds upon disembarkation.
