Police detain pilot and passenger after plane makes illegal landing

GEORGETOWN:

Guyana police say they have detained the pilot and a male passenger on Thursday after a single-engine aircraft landed at Orealla in the Corentyne, containing a suspected cargo of narcotics.

A brief police statement said that law-enforcement officials “discovered a green and white aircraft bearing the number PT-SRR which landed at Orealla in the Corentyne” and that they have detained “the pilot and another male who are both foreign nationals”.

The statement said a number of wrapped packages suspected to be cocaine have been discovered in the body of the aircraft.

“The Joint Services have been dispatched, and detectives from the region are also on their way to the location,” the police said, promising “more details in a subsequent release”.