Venezuela Seizes U.S.-Registered Aircraft in Anti-Drug Trafficking Operation
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Venezuela's armed forces "disabled" a U.S.-registered aircraft used for drug trafficking after it illegally entered Venezuelan airspace from Colombia, Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said on Tuesday, Xinhua reports.
Once Venezuela's Comprehensive Aerospace Defense Command detected "the illegal aircraft by radar," security forces responded, Reverol said via Twitter.
"We remain on permanent alert, monitoring our airspace to prevent it from being used for illicit drug trafficking," Reverol said.
This year alone, 29 aircraft involved in drug trafficking have been seized and more than 22 tons of narcotics confiscated, the FANB said last week.
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