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Earlier this week we told you that a Gulfstream G2 narco-jet crash landed in Blue Creek, Orange Walk, near the border with Mexico. 

By the time police got on the scene, all they found were two snapped halves of the jet lying on the side of the road; No drugs, no passengers. 

Following the plane landing in Belize on Monday, there was coordination with Mexican Authorities who launched a full land and air operation in an effort to intercept the drugs and narco-traffickers.

Now it seems that the Mexican army has discovered the jet's cargo on their side of the border. Yesterday in a press release, Mexico's Ministry of National Defense, Sedena reported that information lead them to a huge stash of drugs, weapons and vehicles, in the town of Tomás Garrido Canabal, Quintana Roo. 

Mexican police believe that, given the timing and proximity of the find, the drugs are connected to the crashed aircraft.

Searches around the town, led to the discovery of 48 sacks of cocaine with 20 packages each.   The total weight is a bit over 2,000 pounds of cocaine hidden in the undergrowth of a bushy area. Two vehicles and three firearms were also abandoned on the site.

The drugs have an estimated market value of just over 24 million BZD, according to Sedena.