NAVY TO JOIN OTHER FORCES IN DRUG-BUSTING EXERCISE The navy will join with police, Canadian and U.S. border security personnel and the U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards for a three-day exercise next week to practise drug interdiction skills. "The focus this year is drug-interdiction scenarios," navy spokesman Lt.-Cmdr. Hubert Genest said of Operation Sea Barrier running from Feb. 28 to Mar. 2 in and around the approaches to Esquimalt Harbour and in Juan de Fuca Strait. "Our scenarios are less scripted this year, so they are more realistic," Genest said. More than 400 personnel will participate on vessels including HMC ships Calgary, Brandon and Saskatoon; Canadian Coast Guard ships Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Tanu, and the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sea Lion. Training will include briefings, surveillance patrols, maritime interdiction and boardings at sea.
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