ARM Durango

ARM Durango (PO-151) is a Durango class oceanic patrol vessel in the Mexican Navy with a main 4 in turret and a helicopter landing pad, currently primarily used to fight drug cartels. It is also armed with SA-18 Grouse missiles. Like other ships of this class, it was designed and built in Mexican dockyards, and is sometimes referred to as a compact frigate. It was named after the Mexican state of Durango

Drug Interception
On December 6, 2009, ARM Durango, in a joint operation with a United States Coast Guard ship, intercepted 4 boats 55 nmi from the Guatemalan - Mexico border in the Pacific. 20 packages of cocaine with the weight of 262 kilos were seized and 9 men were detained.