Cocaine-Laden Plane Plunges into Ocean

1 Person Killed as Small Plane Carrying 265 Pounds of Cocaine Crashes off Dominican Coast

(AP)  A small plane carrying 265 pounds of cocaine plunged into the ocean and killed one person, Dominican authorities said Wednesday.

Police are looking for others who might have survived Tuesday's crash off the country's southern coast, said Maj. Gilberto Delgado Valdez with the National Drug Control agency.

He said authorities on land and at sea were tracking the plane, whose pilot was expected to air drop the drugs but likely decided to set down on the water, possibly because the plane ran out of fuel.

It is the third reported plane accident tied to drug-trafficking in recent months.

In May, a burned plane was found in the country's eastern region, and another plane laden with cocaine crashed last year, killing its four occupants.

The Dominican Republic is among the top 20 producers or transit sites for illegal drugs, according to the U.S. State Department.

[esaun211]

Bad as this US economy is I need to be pulling out my scuba gear and getting on the phone with my travel agent ASAP; just going to help look for survivors

[vuenbelvue]

Anyone caqtch the coordinates?

[John_Merritt]

Don't eat the fish. What is the lifecycle of a fish caught in that area and the time we can expect it to reach the markets? What is the biological half life of cocaine? Does frozen fish stay the effects of the cocaine or reduce them? sign me: thought I would ask.

[mswolfestock]

They're much more professional and up-scale RE: cocaine transport in Jamaica.

[gravyboat4000]

Why, de use boats maan?

[ianlou]

Nothin more dangerous than a shark on coke.

[ToolMangler1]

Ya Mahn!! dey be wid some happy fish an dat doan care 'who' eat dem.

[Thalia-9]

LOLOL!!!Is'OK...you'll be able to spot'm - they'll be the paranoid ones spooked by drug control boats as they grind their razor teeth into flat nubs