On December 27, 2022, while patrolling the Arabian Sea, the French frigate FNS Guépratte intercepted a fishing vessel aiming to smuggle illegal drugs. Laden with roughly 7,700 pounds of hashish and 1,040 pounds of heroin, the small ship was transporting an illicit cargo with a U.S. street value of $24 million. The French warship foiled an earlier major smuggling attempt in February 2022 when it..