Essex Pilot gets 17 years
Isn't the issue "how did the stuff get to Essex in the first place?" And, having got there, what part of the illicit business plan determines that the next, in-country, leg has to be by air ending with a precision drop? Would it not have been easier just to drive?
Don't think I saw anything in the report about a second person in the aircraft so, presumably, the person flying it would also have had to be the person reaching over, opening the door and shoving the stuff out. At pretty low altitude. All sounds, err, neanderthal, if that's still pc. Or have I missed something?
Have just seen wsmempson's post about the packages being "rolled off the wing root when he turned right". But of course! A string through ze door, to be cut with a pen-knife at ze moment.
Don't think I saw anything in the report about a second person in the aircraft so, presumably, the person flying it would also have had to be the person reaching over, opening the door and shoving the stuff out. At pretty low altitude. All sounds, err, neanderthal, if that's still pc. Or have I missed something?
Have just seen wsmempson's post about the packages being "rolled off the wing root when he turned right". But of course! A string through ze door, to be cut with a pen-knife at ze moment.
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According to the airfield owner, the pilot and a scrofulous, baldrick-type assistant were zipping over to Holland and Belgium, picking up the 'merchandise" and dropping it into a field in the UK, before going back to the field.
In Broad Daylight
This should really go into the Stupid Criminal archives. It had to be daylight because a citizen was able to report the plate number.
Mind you, there are hazards in making night drops. Many years ago before GPS, a larger Cessna single was found in a woodlot considerably North of an unlit runway. It turned out that this pilot too was involved in importing cocaine.
It also goes to show that crashes into forested areas are quite survivable if you don't stall in
Mind you, there are hazards in making night drops. Many years ago before GPS, a larger Cessna single was found in a woodlot considerably North of an unlit runway. It turned out that this pilot too was involved in importing cocaine.
It also goes to show that crashes into forested areas are quite survivable if you don't stall in
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im no expert but seems like a long stretch as rapists and murderers get less time, i dont condone it by any means but he was the monkey not the organ grinder and why did he have to throw it out of the aircraft??
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why did he have to throw it out of the aircraft??
It's pretty stupid anyway to try this because the police are obviously acting on tipoffs from the departure end, or some other intelligence, so even if you managed to do an air drop, they will still be waiting for you at your landing point. The merchandise may be gone but they can still do the forensics.
I think it's really stupid to do this kind of thing with something so visible as an aircraft, whose reg is written on the side in huge letters. A boat in the middle of the night would be so much easier.
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Like I said - clearly not the brightest spark.. these guys rarely are.
It's Darwinism in action. The thickies get caught leaving the better prepared, better organised, sharper operators to attack society with guns & drugs.
The other depressing thing is that even though it's good these guys were caught (I don't really want semi automatic shooters on the streets of my local town) it really doesn't make any difference. Unless you manage to seize something like 90% of all inbound drugs you have no effect on supply at the street level. Dealers simply dilute what they have and carry on peddling as normal.
Although I'm glad there's one less bad guy around, ultimately, the amount of money we spend on the war on drugs is all a total waste.
We could have subsidised GA instead and a whole new army of posters on pprune for the "golden ones" to question their training!
