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The
Honduran and Colombian air forces say an agreement on intelligence sharing has
allowed them to seize a plane with 470kg (1036lb) of cocaine.
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| The Piper PA 34 was spotted in Colombian airspace |
The
Colombians became suspicious when they detected an unregistered light aircraft,
which had not filed a flight plan, leaving for Central America.
They
alerted their Honduran counterparts, and were able to follow it all the way to
Honduras.
The
Honduran air force boarded the craft and seized the drugs.
The
Colombian Air Force said the new intelligence-sharing deal, which came into
force in July, helped them co-ordinate the operation with their Honduran
colleagues and allowed them to act quickly.
The two
forces carried out joint operations last month in an effort to "close the
Caribbean airspace to drug traffickers".
Honduras is
a main gateway for cocaine smuggled from Colombia.
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