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Mexico: 5 tons and a half of cocaine on a plane

Cuidad del Carmen, Mexico - Found by Mexican Army

Mexican Army averted a cocaine maxi-traffic coming from Venezuela at the airport of Cuidad del Carmen, after receiving information from Venezuelan authorities. A commercial airplane with no passengers carried 5 tons and a half of drug stacked in 128 black suitcases, for more than USD 100m worth. The co-pilot and two Mexicans who were waiting for the plane at the air station were arrested, while the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 139155
Rome, Italy, 04/12/2006 17:41
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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