[BITList] Drugs in the Navy

[michael J Feltham]

Drug sniffer dogs search Navy ships

RAF sniffer dogs are to be regularly deployed on Royal Navy vessels amid concerns over the number of sailors consuming illegal drugs.


Ministry of Defence sources last night said ships sailing to South America and the West Indies were to be especially targeted. Royal Navy chiefs currently rely on infrequent random urine sampling checks, which take four weeks to deliver a result. These are to be replaced by trained dogs which can search any part of a ship from the captain's cabin to the ratings' quarters. RAF police dog Charlton, with handler Cpl Natalie Bain, was sent to HMS Diamond off Cyprus as the Type 45 destroyer completed a two-month tour of the Mediterranean on counter-IS operations this month. Originally declared an "exercise" sources last night confirmed it was in fact a pilot deployment to see how well a dog could negotiate a

 
naval vessel's steep steps and ladders. A source said: "The Ministry of Defence decided this check would be the precursor to a new anti-drugs operation involving Navy warships.

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"The boarding of HMS DIAMOND was a warning shot across the Navy's bows. We've been tasked by the MoD to send drug detection dogs aboard Navy ships and captains will not know in advance." Last year the Sunday Express revealed the Royal Navy

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had sacked 80 sailors for drug use - a quarter of them were serving crew members on nuclear submarines. It followed the news that nine sailors aboard HMS ViIGILANT, the Trident-carrying submarine marred by a recent sex scandal, had taken cocaine. MoD figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request revealed 18 of the sailors served on submarines. These included HMS VENGEANCE, part of Britain's nuclear deterrent, HMS TALENT and HMS TRENCHANT, Trafalgar-class nuclear powered hunter-killers, and HMS AUDACIOUS and HMS ASTUTE, their newer Astute class replacements. The MoD pledged to increase compulsory drug testing on submariners, but last night sources pointed out that small surface vessels were just as prone. Last month Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson confirmed that any soldier taking drugs would be dismissed instantly after claims soldiers sacked for cocaine use were being lured back. Announcing the policy Mr Williamson said it was the only way to ensure "high standards are maintained" throughout the British military, adding: "The misuse of illegal drugs can cause terrible damage to people's lives."

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Drug sniffer dogs search Navy ships
RAF sniffer dogs are to be regularly deployed on Royal Navy vessels amid concerns over the number of sailors consuming illegal drugs.


Ministry of Defence sources last night said ships sailing to South America and the West Indies were to be especially targeted. Royal Navy chiefs currently rely on infrequent random urine sampling checks, which take four weeks to deliver a result. These are to be replaced by trained dogs which can search any part of a ship from the captain's cabin to the ratings' quarters. RAF police dog Charlton, with handler Cpl Natalie Bain, was sent to HMS Diamond off Cyprus as the Type 45 destroyer completed a two-month tour of the Mediterranean on counter-IS operations this month. Originally declared an "exercise" sources last night confirmed it was in fact a pilot deployment to see how well a dog could negotiate a

 
naval vessel's steep steps and ladders. A source said: "The Ministry of Defence decided this check would be the precursor to a new anti-drugs operation involving Navy warships.







Drug sniffer dogs search Navy ships
RAF sniffer dogs are to be regularly deployed on Royal Navy vessels amid concerns over the number of sailors consuming illegal drugs.


Ministry of Defence sources last night said ships sailing to South America and the West Indies were to be especially targeted. Royal Navy chiefs currently rely on infrequent random urine sampling checks, which take four weeks to deliver a result. These are to be replaced by trained dogs which can search any part of a ship from the captain's cabin to the ratings' quarters. RAF police dog Charlton, with handler Cpl Natalie Bain, was sent to HMS Diamond off Cyprus as the Type 45 destroyer completed a two-month tour of the Mediterranean on counter-IS operations this month. Originally declared an "exercise" sources last night confirmed it was in fact a pilot deployment to see how well a dog could negotiate a

 
naval vessel's steep steps and ladders. A source said: "The Ministry of Defence decided this check would be the precursor to a new anti-drugs operation involving Navy warships.



"The boarding of HMS DIAMOND was a warning shot across the Navy's bows. We've been tasked by the MoD to send drug detection dogs aboard Navy ships and captains will not know in advance." Last year the Sunday Express revealed the Royal Navy had sacked 80 sailors for drug use - a quarter of them were serving crew members on nuclear submarines. It followed the news that nine sailors aboard HMS ViIGILANT, the Trident-carrying submarine marred by a recent sex scandal, had taken cocaine. MoD figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request revealed 18 of the sailors served on submarines. These included HMS VENGEANCE, part of Britain's nuclear deterrent, HMS TALENT and HMS TRENCHANT, Trafalgar-class nuclear powered hunter-killers, and HMS AUDACIOUS and HMS ASTUTE, their newer Astute class replacements. The MoD pledged to increase compulsory drug testing on submariners, but last night sources pointed out that small surface vessels were just as prone. Last month Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson confirmed that any soldier taking drugs would be dismissed instantly after claims soldiers sacked for cocaine use were being lured back. Announcing the policy Mr Williamson said it was the only way to ensure "high standards are maintained" throughout the British military, adding: "The misuse of illegal drugs can cause terrible damage to people's lives."


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