 In October 1998, the SOT participated in Operation "Linnet", a land and sea operation off Port Macquarie that resulted in the seizure of 390kg of heroin.The SOT boarded the Belize-registered freighter "Uniana" suspected of smuggling the heroin to Australia from south-east Asia.Specialist Response and Security (SRS) section of ACT Policing provided a full-time tactical operations unit who also performed search and rescue and riot control duties, a K9 role and bomb squad.