The French Navy has seized over ten tons of cocaine in two operations off the west coast of Africa, in line with an increase in drug-related activity. It illustrates the effectiveness of the action of the French State at sea in the context of the protection of external borders and the fight against organized crime,” the French Navy said. The French Navy deploys one or two French vessels almost permanently supported by a maritime patrol aircraft in the Gulf of Guinea as part of Operation Corymbe. The French Navy said the Joan of Arc group asserts France’s sovereignty in its overseas territories. Drug trafficking is on the rise, with the French Navy recording an increase in seizures at sea.