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Voice of America News
April 12, 2006
SECTION: VOA ENGLISH SERVICE
LENGTH: 93 words
HEADLINE: Mexican Military Finds 5.5 Tons of Cocaine
on Plane From Venezuela
BODY:
Mexican soldiers have seized 5.5 tons of cocaine found on
board a commercial plane that arrived from Caracas, Venezuela.
Officials said Tuesday that the drug was confiscated Monday after the plane
landed in Ciudad del Carmen, east of Mexico City. They say the cocaine was
hidden in 128 black suitcases and had a street value of $100 million.
Investigators also say the plane, which belonged to a U.S. company, was not
carrying passengers and that the pilot managed to escape. The co-pilot was
arrested, along with two Mexicans who had arrived in another aircraft.
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