Mexican soldiers find stolen planes on ranch

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican soldiers have found five small planes that were stolen after they were seized in an anti-drug operation.

Security officials say the planes were found on a ranch in the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa, a hotbed of drug trafficking.

The federal Attorney General's Office said earlier this week that 20 heavily armed men tied up a local policeman guarding the aircraft and flew the five Cessnas out of an airfield in the town of Navolato.

The planes allegedly were used to fly seeds and fertilizer to a marijuana-growing region.

The Attorney General's Office joined the Defense Department in Friday's announcement of the planes' discovery.

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