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British Warship Home from Middle East

Portsmouth-based 'HMS Westminster' returns home from a Middle East deployment which included a £14-million drugs bust. During seven months away - clocking up more than 44,000 miles (71,000km) - the ship disrupted three groups of suspected pirates who were targeting merchant shipping and conducted security patrols in the Gulf and Indian Ocean. The Type 23 frigate also seized more than 70 bales containing pure heroin from a dhow in the Indian Ocean.