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Drug Plane Lands In The North: Police Mum
posted (October 14, 2010)
And now to the north, where there is a report of a loaded drug plane making a landing at the Sarteneja airstrip last night. A Mexican newspaper from Quintana Roo called Por Esto is reporting that a drug plane landed on the runway in Sarteneja village in the Corozal district last night.

The report says that at around 10:00 pm the plane landed at Sarteneja - quickly offloaded some drugs into a van and sped off.

The newspaper reports that the plane was heard flying low over southern Quintana Roo before it landed which is what alerted Mexican authorities.

According to the report, Mexican Police Commissioner for the area Jimenez Gumercindo immediately alerted police in the Othon P. Blanco area and those located on the banks of the Rio Hondo and the air Intercept Base to prepare for a possible landing in Quintana Roo.

But the report states that half an hour later, it was confirmed that the plane had landed on the runway in Sarteneja. Our sources in Sarteneja confirm that a plane did happen last night, but they say that it was really fast, an in and out operation. The Coast Guard was seen maintaining a presence in the area today.

And while that isn't much, it is more than the police have got to say. Press Officer, Fitzroy Yearwood told us that an official investigation is underway and he cannot comment until that is completed.

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