Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
A strange underworld tale is unfolding with a flight crew from Canada and all seven passengers who were jailed after the crew found a mysterious bag hidden onboard a private jet in the Caribbean. Let me tell you about it.
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The Mob Reporter here with news of the dramatic situation for a pilot and his flight crew for doing the right thing, reporting bags hidden in their plane that turned out to be a transnational ring’s secret $25-million cargo. But rather than being hailed as heroes, they were thrown into prison while an investigation plods along.
It started during a maintenance check of a charter jet — this plane, owned by Pivot Airlines, a small Canadian charter airline — before departure from Punta Cana airport. The crew’s electrical mechanic opened a small door to the avionics bay, in the plane’s fuselage underneath the cockpit where he spotted a bag where no bag should be. The small bay is supposed to hold only wires and electronics. Not knowing what it was, but knowing it shouldn’t be there, the mechanic reported it to his captain, and Canada’s federal police and local Dominican police were alerted. When Dominican officers arrived at the airport, they pulled out eight Nike sports bag from the tight space; police say it is worth $25 million.
This is still unresolved, but started in April, as reported by my friend and colleague Tom Blackwell at National Post. Here are some links to his stories:
• nationalpost.com/news/world/canadian-pilots-held-in-dominican-republic-after-reporting-huge-cocaine-stash-on-plane
• nationalpost.com/news/canada/in-shocking-move-dominican-prosecutors-appeal-bail-decision-for-canadians-from-cocaine-carrying-plane
CREDITS:
Music is Day Sparkles by Geographer // Open The Box by Geographer // Prism by Bobby Richards
Video of the Pivot airliner is by Nybotor1 and used with his kind permission. His aviation videos can be seen here, give him a follow if you like planes: youtube.com/channel/UCscS7NNTuKjJWzVyuL5WV4A
Cockpit photo by aeroprints.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32567723; Aerial photo of Punta Cana airport by Doodybutch - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56251926; Punta Cana apron photo by Christopher T Cooper, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16256006; Jail bars by Teela Hudak, texting by Tima Miroshnichenko, Canada Flag by Cyrus Photography, Drone of Santo Domingo by Florian Koetter, Drone of Beach by SK Movies & Photos, jail bars from RODNAE productions, all at Pexels; French pilot photos from Retour Pascal Bruno on Twitter/@ASPB_HNM; Falcon 50 interior by JetRequest.com - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23162069 and
exterior by Markus Eigenheer, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49131269
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A strange underworld tale is unfolding with a flight crew from Canada and all seven passengers who were jailed after the crew found a mysterious bag hidden onboard a private jet in the Caribbean. Let me tell you about it.
•• Please check out my bonus videos, books, and other perks on Patreon, at Patreon.com/themobreporter ••
The Mob Reporter here with news of the dramatic situation for a pilot and his flight crew for doing the right thing, reporting bags hidden in their plane that turned out to be a transnational ring’s secret $25-million cargo. But rather than being hailed as heroes, they were thrown into prison while an investigation plods along.
It started during a maintenance check of a charter jet — this plane, owned by Pivot Airlines, a small Canadian charter airline — before departure from Punta Cana airport. The crew’s electrical mechanic opened a small door to the avionics bay, in the plane’s fuselage underneath the cockpit where he spotted a bag where no bag should be. The small bay is supposed to hold only wires and electronics. Not knowing what it was, but knowing it shouldn’t be there, the mechanic reported it to his captain, and Canada’s federal police and local Dominican police were alerted. When Dominican officers arrived at the airport, they pulled out eight Nike sports bag from the tight space; police say it is worth $25 million.
This is still unresolved, but started in April, as reported by my friend and colleague Tom Blackwell at National Post. Here are some links to his stories:
• nationalpost.com/news/world/canadian-pilots-held-in-dominican-republic-after-reporting-huge-cocaine-stash-on-plane
• nationalpost.com/news/canada/in-shocking-move-dominican-prosecutors-appeal-bail-decision-for-canadians-from-cocaine-carrying-plane
CREDITS:
Music is Day Sparkles by Geographer // Open The Box by Geographer // Prism by Bobby Richards
Video of the Pivot airliner is by Nybotor1 and used with his kind permission. His aviation videos can be seen here, give him a follow if you like planes: youtube.com/channel/UCscS7NNTuKjJWzVyuL5WV4A
Cockpit photo by aeroprints.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32567723; Aerial photo of Punta Cana airport by Doodybutch - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56251926; Punta Cana apron photo by Christopher T Cooper, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16256006; Jail bars by Teela Hudak, texting by Tima Miroshnichenko, Canada Flag by Cyrus Photography, Drone of Santo Domingo by Florian Koetter, Drone of Beach by SK Movies & Photos, jail bars from RODNAE productions, all at Pexels; French pilot photos from Retour Pascal Bruno on Twitter/@ASPB_HNM; Falcon 50 interior by JetRequest.com - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23162069 and
exterior by Markus Eigenheer, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49131269
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• Crime Watch: youtube.com/CrimeWatchWorld
• Crime in Italy: youtube.com/CrimeInItaly
~ To read my written journalism: nationalpost.com/author/ahumphreys
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