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Wills' Ship Busts Coke Runner

Seizes $80M worth of drug near Barbados

By Elizabeth Wolff, Newser User

Posted Jul 2, 2008 10:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Royal Navy warship Prince William is serving on busted a speedboat carrying $80 million worth of cocaine northeast of Barbados, the Sun reports. The Ministry of Defense said today that Wills was “part of the ship’s company” but would not specify his... Read full story »

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