Coke-Laden Plane Crashes In DR
CaribWorldNews, SANTO DOMIGO, DR, Thurs. July 2, 2009: A small plane laden with some 265 pounds of cocaine, crashed in the Dominican Republic this week, killing one person.
Dominican authorities said Wednesday that the plane, whose pilot was expected to air drop the drugs but likely decided to set down on the water, possibly crashed because the plane ran out of fuel.
Police are looking for others who might have survived the... [Read More]
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