After a review of the area officers found suspect Garcia-Toledo, who was carrying a backpack with $46,400.
/ Ministry of Security courtesy photo.
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Mexican pilot suspected of drug trafficking jailed
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Public Ministry, by the order of the Judge of the Criminal Court of Liberia*, in Guanacaste, ordered three months of pre-trial prison to a man of Mexican nationality surnamed García-Toledo, identified as the pilot of a light aircraft, which allegedly carried 391 kilos of cocaine.
"The suspect was captured in Salitral* also in Guanacaste, after officers from the Air Surveillance Service of the Ministry of Public Security followed the light aircraft," said the Public Ministry in its statement.
According to the case, reported by A.M. Costa Rica on August 5th, the officers received an international warning about a suspicious light aircraft that was flying through El Salvador to Costa Rica.
"On August 1st at 2 p.m we received a regional alert that there was a light aircraft flying through the country of El Salvador," said Michael Soto, Minister of Security.
At 5 p.m., the agents detected the entrance of the light aircraft into national airspace. Agents flew over the area of Salitral, where they found a Cessna 206 light aircraft, without identification plates, which had landed on a hidden highway.
In coordination with the police of the Ministry of Security, the Drug Control Police and agents of Air Surveillance, 14 large bags were found scattered around the plane.
Officers confirmed that the bags contained 391 kilos of cocaine and were confiscated by the police.
The police also reported having found fuel containers and Mexican-brand food.
After a review of the area, officers also found suspect Garcia-Toledo, who was carrying a backpack with $46,400, said the police in its report.
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