Keywords: US Navy 031216-N-4374S-036 A U.S. Navy boarding team operation from the guided missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) discovered an estimated two tons of narcotics with a street value of around eight to ten million dollars aboa.jpg en Arabian Gulf Dec 16 2003 A U S Navy boarding team operation from the guided missile destroyer USS Decatur DDG 73 discovered an estimated two tons of narcotics with a street value of around eight to ten million dollars aboard a 40-foot dhow intercepted in the Arabian Gulf The dhow s 12 crewmembers were taken into custody and transferred to USS Decatur and Decatur sailors are in control of the dhow The smuggling routes are known to be used by Al-Qaida and three of the 12-crew members are believed to have links to the organization U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg RELEASED 2003-12-16 031216-N-4374S-036 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 11118 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Decatur DDG-73 Dhows Drug trafficking |