The biggest drug bust in Belize was recorded in November last year when a twin-engine Beechcraft Super King Air 200 plane landed on the Southern highway laden with Colombian cocaine; all of two point six tons of the white stuff with a value of a whopping one hundred and forty million Belize dollars. The plane could not take off because its wings were clipped as it flew over the Bladen Reserve. Five police officers and a Customs boatman were linked to the drug plane but their case is still before the courts. At the time, our investigations led to a similar stolen plane from the Honduras army. We bring back this report because it has bearing five months after the bust. A report called "Drug gangs muscle into new territory: Central America" published over the Easter weekend says the stolen Honduran plane was in fact the aircraft that transported the drugs to Belize. According to the report, the Beechcraft was stolen at the Armando Escalon airbase in San Pedro Sula on the night of November seventh. The plane headed toward Venezuela and was used in narco-trafficking activities. The report speaks to the drug trade in the region and how drug cartels have infiltrated governments, the police and militaries. It says Honduras has become a staging ground for narco-traffickers who are also operating with relative ease in Guatemala and San Salvador. The last we heard of the plane is that it is in custody of the BDF. The full text of the article can seen at channel5belize.com.
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