Abandoned drug plane found in O.W.

One visitor arriving by air who will not be paying any departure tax is the pilot of this plane that landed sometime last night near the village of San Lazaro in the Orange Walk District. According to police, the aircraft, believed to be involved in the drug trade, made an emergency landing after being pursued by two planes belonging to the Mexican government. By the time Belizean officials arrived, there were no drugs and no people in the vicinity. As is traditional, the plane will become the property of the Belize government and will eventually be auctioned or commissioned into the Belize Defence Force.