Drug info - Massive cocaine haul in Mexico Worth 60 million

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Cocaine worth an estimated £60 million has been seized on board a US commercial plane in Mexico.
Authorities discovered the 5.5 tonne load carried by the DC-9 as it landed in the southern Mexican city of Ciudad de Carmen. It was en route from Venezuela.
Soldiers found 128 black suitcases holding the drugs which were all divided into kilogram packages.
The plane's Venezuelan co-pilot was arrested, along with two other men who arrived in the city on Sunday - believed to be waiting for the cargo. The US pilot escaped.
At a press conference Army General Carlos Gaytan said the destination of the shipment wasn't as yet known but that a seizure of such magnitude was very important.
He said: "If you could look at the statistics, the seizures of tonnes of illegal drugs are usually made by sea because ships can a lot of cargo and because they're ideal to hold so much cargo. So it's very important that a route to transport tonnes of cocaine by air is being established. It's very, very important."

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