The UK will no longer share intelligence with the US on suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean as it does not want to be complicit in “illegal" US military strikes, CNN reported.

The UK, which controls a number of territories in the Caribbean, has for years been helping the US locating vessels suspected of carrying drugs for the US Coast Guard to interdict them, CNN quoted sources as saying.

However, after the US started launching lethal strikes on boats in September, the UK flagged concerns that the US might use intelligence provided by the British to select targets.

According to CNN, British officials believe the US military strikes, which have killed 76 people, violate international law, the sources said. The intelligence pause began over a month ago, they said.

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