India, Oct. 3 -- US forces on Friday carried out a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat off the coast of Venezuela, killing four people. The Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth posted on his social media informing that the strikes have been made on "narco-trafficking vessel affiliated with Designated Terrorist Organisations"

"Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike," which was conducted in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela while the vessel was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics. He also said this was based on intelligence that confirmed the narcotics in the vessel.

"Earlier this morning, on President Trump's orders, I directed a lethal, kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking ves...