The Diario Quintana Roo reports that 6 boats manned by Belizean crews lifted more than three thousand pounds of illicit drug cargo out of the Rio Hondo near the Mexican village of Ramonal.

Villagers told the newspaper that they saw and heard the plane circle three times over the Hondo - flying an estimated 150 feet above the water's surface. They also saw silver and brown packages tumbling out of the plane.

They say the 6 boats with about 20 armed men scooping up the drugs came out of a channel that connects Patchakan in Corozal to Ramonal in Mexico. They claim crews picked up more than 100 presumed drug parcels in 10 minutes. Now, this is the same area of Estero on the Belize side which we've reported on many times as a contraband and illicit drugs hotspot.

The villagers tell the newspaper that the boat crews took the drug parcels back into Belize, through the Patchakan channel.

So, presumably, from there the plane flew over to the "Cuatro Leguas" area of Blue Creek to make a landing - and possible get refueled. But, the ground was too soft for the heavy aircraft and the aircraft got mud all the way up to its wing, which also snapped.

Three pickups were found in the area: a Chevrolet truck with Belize plates, another one near the plane, and one more trying to cross over into the Mexican side.

No arrests have been made in Belize and police have reported no drug discoveries.