A pilot and a passenger have been arrested after a single-engine airplane carrying a considerable amount of medication made an emergency touchdown on a California freeway Thursday.
In line with police, the Piper PA-28 landed on Freeway 76 close to Oceanside, California, round 2 a.m.
The pilot instructed authorities the airplane’s engine failed, inflicting him to make an emergency touchdown on Freeway 76.
when authorities Upon arrival, they searched the plane and found 2.2 kilos of cocaine.
Gabriel Leon Breit, 21, and Troy Othneil Smith, 36, each of Oceanside, California, have been arrested.
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Medicine have been discovered on board a single-engine Piper PA-28 plane that landed in a single day on State Freeway 76 in Oceanside, California, in keeping with the Federal Aviation Administration and native police. pic.twitter.com/z3fjWEqPgP
— Anthony Scott (@AnthonyScottTGP) September 28, 2024
Each USA Today:
In line with a number of native police stories, the single-engine airplane the 2 have been touring in made an emergency touchdown on a Southern California freeway. “A considerable amount of medication” have been discovered on board and the 2 have been arrested.
The Piper PA-28 plane landed round 1:43 a.m. close to Canyon Drive on Freeway 76, which cuts by the North County space of San Diego, in keeping with KTLA and KUSI.
The pilot instructed police the airplane’s engine was malfunctioning, in keeping with CalTV. Police mentioned nobody on board was injured.
Oceanside police posted a Fb publish Thursday morning informing the general public {that a} small airplane had landed on the freeway and blocked one lane of site visitors.
Drug-laden airplane makes emergency touchdown on Southern California freeway: https://t.co/ya4ww07caA
@fox5sandiego pic.twitter.com/XTt1LFkskR
— KTLA (@KTLA) September 26, 2024
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is at present investigating the incident.
