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BIA: Pilot missing in Arizona drug-related plane crash

Reported by: Lori Jane Gliha
Email: ljgliha@abc15.com
Last Update: 10/17 6:07 pm
GLOBE, AZ -- Search crews are trying to find the pilot who crashed an ultralight plane on the San Carlos Indian Reservation early Saturday morning.

According to U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Special Agent, Warren Youngman, the plane, carrying bails of marijuana, crashed near Bylas around 3 am.

Bloodhounds and Department of Corrections officers are trying to track down the pilot, who went missing after the crash.

Youngman said it was unknown how much marijuana was on the ultralight.

Stay with ABC15.com for updates as they become available.



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