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The Guyana Police Force have detained two foreign nationals after a single-engine plane bearing what appeared to be United States registration markings, N5470Z, carrying cocaine, made an illegal landing at the Mahdia airstrip in the Potaro-Siparuni region of the country on Sunday.\u00a0CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>

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Police said that bags bearing the marking \u2018King Coca 30\u2019 were found strapped inside the aircraft.<\/p>\n

In a statement late Sunday, the police said the cocaine and some marijuana were being weighed by anti-narcotics police at the Criminal Investigations Department Headquarters in the presence of Colombian pilot, 42-year-old Rodrigues Estiven, and Brazilian co-pilot 24-year Mateus Vinicius Alberto.<\/p>

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They said the marking, \u2018King Coca 30\u2019, on eight of the 10 bags of cocaine is similar to the King Coca-branded 973 blocks of cocaine that had been seized in South Africa last year from aboard a Panama-registered fishing vessel.<\/p>

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The police were also trying to ascertain the intended destination of the plane that landed at the airstrip at about 2:20 pm.<\/p>\n

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Along with the seized drugs, the police found two Global Positioning Service (GPS) devices, one satellite phone, one radio set and two cellular phones.<\/p>

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Media reports said that law enforcement authorities also found empty fuel drums on board the aircraft suggesting that a precautionary landing was made to secure additional supplies of fuel.<\/p>\n

In the past, several abandoned or crashed and burned illegal aircraft have been found in several parts of the interior of Guyana and Suriname.<\/p>

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