by Kristen Ku

BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 17, 2023

Last week it was reported that a suspected narco plane had been spotted on Tuesday, April 11. The plane was later confirmed to be in an area between Corazon Creek Village and Otoxha Village, Toledo District. There had also been shocking unofficial claims that two bodies had been allegedly found.

On Sunday morning, April 16, police visited the remote area where the burnt remains of the drug plane were located on a cleared air-landing strip.

Preliminary reports had suggested that, while there was a cleared landing strip, the plane had apparently missed it and landed in nearby bushes.

However, ACP Hilberto Romero, OC Eastern Division, cleared that up stating, “A review of the area shows that there was an airstrip made in the jungle and that is where the plane landed.”

Romero also made it known that as investigations into this case are ongoing, up to this point, there has been no discovery of any drugs that could have been transported by the plane.

In regard to the rumors circulating that bodies were allegedly found near the site, Romero said, “That is incorrect; no remains of (any) body was found in that area.” He went on to state that he was uncertain as to where such reports could have originated.

In regard to the time that lapsed between the initial sighting of the plane on Tuesday and the arrival of officers at the landing site on Sunday, Romero explained, “From the time the information was received based on the radar, teams were deployed, and from there they were searching; so, it is a remote area, and so it took some time to reach that particular area.”