Earlier in the news we told you all about this morning's drug plane that crash landed in the northern Belize District. As you told you, our team was at the crash site - after a long and muddy slog that took over four hours. She has this hard earned story from the ground.
My camera man and I trekked for two hours in thick mud and water just to reach the crash site. It's an area that persons would not normally traffic, since even the BDF's truck got stuck in the mud and needed to be pushed out. The soldiers brought in ATV's in order to get them through the extremely rough terrain. It was approximately a three mile journey to find the burnt remains of the twin engine aircraft. The haphazard tracks in the mud made it clear that the aircraft crash landed. And while the drugs were long gone - seized by police officers - they left the gallons of suspected fuel. That crash site told a tale that something may have gone amiss - especially with the capture of several men, including law enforcement agents, by the police. Plenty of BDF soldiers and police officers were still on the ground when our team arrived at the site.
As we told you earlier, the estimated total weight of the drugs is 1632 pounds, about three quarters of a tonne.
