Plane found at Mahdia with cocaine

The aircraft that made the landing yesterday at Mahdia

A Brazilian and a Colombian were yesterday afternoon arrested by police after illegally landing at the Mahdia, Region 8 airstrip while transporting large parcels of cocaine.

Police in Mahdia at around 2.21 yesterday afternoon intercepted a small aircraft, a Cessna 172 that was transporting 10 large parcels of cocaine, eight of which were branded “King Coca 30.”