Drug smugglers use ultralights to cross border - Spokesman.com - June 9, 2010: "Several times a week, drug smugglers somewhere along Mexico’s border with the United States strap themselves into low-flying ultralight aircraft and take off with loads of marijuana.
They usually fly at night with no lights and often, they’re guided only by the dim screen of a handheld satellite navigation tool, looking for a precise spot in the desert.
The smugglers generally don’t land. They’ve modified the ultralight aircraft with drop baskets that can hold 150 to 250 pounds of marijuana wrapped in brick-sized units and covered in plastic. They move a lever, and the bricks fall to the desert for ground crews to pick up and smuggle onward across the country.
It’s a perilous tactic, and pilots can break limbs or die in crashes."
They usually fly at night with no lights and often, they’re guided only by the dim screen of a handheld satellite navigation tool, looking for a precise spot in the desert.
The smugglers generally don’t land. They’ve modified the ultralight aircraft with drop baskets that can hold 150 to 250 pounds of marijuana wrapped in brick-sized units and covered in plastic. They move a lever, and the bricks fall to the desert for ground crews to pick up and smuggle onward across the country.
It’s a perilous tactic, and pilots can break limbs or die in crashes."
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