Australia Day 2015: Lieutenant Commander Andrew Hough awarded a Commendation for Distinguished Service

By Angela Thompson
Updated January 25 2015 - 9:34pm, first published 9:00pm
Seized: Andrew Hough, right, with seized narcotics aboard HMAS Melbourne.
Seized: Andrew Hough, right, with seized narcotics aboard HMAS Melbourne.

A Balgownie navy commander who helped extract more than half a tonne of heroin from Middle Eastern drug-smuggling vessels as part of Operation Slipper says morale aboard HMAS Melbourne soared following the seizures, and after a decision was made to explode, rather than bring to shore, two boats being run by pirates.

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