Pilot Found Dead Near Crashed Plane With 200KG Of Cocaine

A pilot from Australia was found dead after his small plane crashed into a sugarcane field in Brazil.

Timothy J. Clark, a 46-year-old Aussie pilot, was flying over Coruripe in north-east Brazil when his plane crashed around 1:30pm on Sunday.

The weird part, was the plane was operated solely by the Australian pilot, but was registered in Zambia (Africa), and had been operating in Brazil for two years.

According to authorities, they're investigating if Clark was involved in an international drug route. Why?

Because there were 200 bricks weighing about a kilogram a piece, wrapped up with the SpaceX logo - containing cocaine in each of them.

Law enforcement valued the cocaine at about $1.6M - in Brazil. Had it made it to Australia, it'd be worth $80M.

While most cocaine is still produced in Columbia, Brazil is used as sort of a distribution hub.

Behind the US, Brazil is #2 in the consumption of cocaine. A gram goes for about the price of a pack of cigarettes there - about $5. The same amount in Australia, where this batch was headed - would go for about $250-$400 because it's the highest priced country for the drug in the world.

Police are still investigating the matter, trying to figure out where the cocaine branded as "SpaceX" came from.

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