Authorities search for sergeant involved in attempted drug trafficking on TAP plane
The Venezuelan authorities are searching for a sergeant of the Bolivarian National Guard (military police) allegedly involved in a drug trafficking attempt on a TAP plane that was to make a cargo flight between Caracas and Lisbon on 5 May.
The sergeant, whose identity was not revealed, reportedly fled when the Venezuelan authorities decided to inspect the aircraft, according to the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB).
According to local authorities, officials from the Regional Anti-Drug Intelligence Unit of the state of Vargas (north of Caracas), confiscated "eight pockets containing 124 bars of alleged cocaine" that were found in the crew area of a TAP plane.