The Royal Navy has used its new mini-helicopter drone for the first time on drug-hunting operations in the Middle East.

Measuring just 3 meters (10 feet) long, the advanced drone Peregrine has been performing extensive surveillance missions from the flight deck of the Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster. Deployed in the Middle East for a long-term maritime security mission, HMS Lancaster is patrolling the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Oman to combat smugglers and drug traffickers operating along the ‘Hash Highway.’