US has seized survivors after strike on suspected drug-carrying vessel – reports

The White House did not comment on the strike in the Caribbean (Omar Havana/AP)

The US has seized survivors after a military strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, the first since President Donald Trump began launching deadly attacks in the region last month, a defence official and another person familiar with the matter has said.

It is believed to be at least the sixth strike in the waters off Venezuela since early September, and the first to result in survivors who were picked up by the US military.