Overview

• Navy’s Second Naval Region deployed maritime and aerial units to detect and track a white-and-green Cessna until it landed on a clandestine airstrip in Cajeme.
• Personnel secured the aircraft, seized two packages of suspected methamphetamine and arrested the lone pilot at the scene.
• The detainee, along with the plane and narcotics, was turned over to federal authorities to ensure proper legal processing.
• The action is part of Operation Búsqueda, a multi-state security campaign launched in mid-July that has dismantled dozens of meth labs and targeted fuel-theft networks.
• SEMAR reaffirmed its commitment to continue joint patrols with federal and local forces and urged the public to report suspicious activity via 911 or the anonymous tip line 089.