Mexican troops find small plane crashed at airport, recover half ton of pot, meth, opium paste

Published September 18, 2015

Mexican authorities have seized more than a half ton of drugs after finding a small plane crashed in the northern state of Sinaloa.

The federal Attorney General's Office said Thursday in a statement that troops came upon the aircraft at a clandestine airstrip in the town of El Castillo. A photo released by prosecutors showed the propeller plane nose-down in a small waterway.

The statement said agents secured packages of marijuana, methamphetamine and opium paste at the site and a nearby car. They also recovered firearms, including a grenade launcher.

Two suspects were arrested.

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