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Pot-TotingPilots FleeJIENO, Nev. (AP) — Apparent marijuana smugglers keep falling out .of the sky, but Nevada. law enforcement authorities have been unable to catch them. Two planes bearing the illegal weed have crashed within a month in re- 1 mote desert areas of the state.The latest crash occurred Thursday in a dry lake bed near Alamo in Southern Nevada. Lincoln County Sheriff Carl G. Arnoldus said 000 to 700 pounds of marijuana bound in one-kilo paper wrappers was found in the single- ; ; engine Cessna 200. ,“It took two hops and; the landing gear collapsed on the second one, said Arnoldus. “Then it nosed into the ground. He said the plane was deliberately set afire after it landed.Almost a month earlier to the day, a twin-engine Cessna 310 crashed In a dry lake bed north of Austin In central Nevada. About I5C0 pounds of . marijuana, bound in one-kilo bunches,-was found in a pickup truck' stuck in mud near the plane. It too had been burned after crashing.“I would say yes, replied Arnoldus when asked if lie thought the incidents were related. “They're very similar.” He said he thought the pattern in both incidents was the same: the smugglers were attempting to land to drop off the marijuana and crashed instead. Their planes unable id fly,, the smugglers set them afire to destroy evidence.The first plane belonged to a llcno air taxi service owner, who had reported it stolen from Ml. Vernon, Wash. Arnoldus said Friday the ownerof Hie second plane had notbeen determined.No arrests have been made in either incident.
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Tucson Daily News
Tucson, Arizona, US
Sat, Sep 11, 1971
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