By Glenroy Sinclair, Staff ReporterA TWIN-ENGINE light plane which landed at the Ken Jones Aero-drome, near Port Antonio, east Portland, Saturday evening, has been seized by the Narcotics police.
"We believed it was on a drug mission here," Senior Supt. Carl Williams, head of the Police Narcotics Division, told The Gleaner yesterday.
Reports are that the aircraft which the police believed arrived from Colombia, landed at the aerodrome shortly after 6 p.m.
By the time the police arrived at the scene, the occupants had disappeared. About four persons had been aboard the plane.
The police say they have reasons to believe that the plane had taken in a large quantity of cocaine. Following an immediate search of the area, a Bahamian national was picked up and is being questioned by immigration authorities.
"At this time we are unable to say if the Bahamian national was among the passengers who came in on the twin-engine aircraft," said Inspector Sonia James of the Constabulary Communication Network.
The plane was searched thoroughly, but nothing illegal was found aboard. Technicians will be examining it to determine what cargo it might have taken in.
SSP Williams said the police were looking for two Colombians and an American in connection with the seizure of the plane.
It is reported that immediately after the plane landed the passengers, with packages of what was suspected to be cocaine, were whisked away.
The police say they are trying to trace the ownership of the aircraft.
Last year, the police seized a record high 3,000 kilograms of cocaine, including more than 1,000 pounds during a major operation in Port Royal.
