Drug drop foiled
Two men have been charged, and two others were being questioned, after a slab of cannabis resin worth pounds 80,000 was dropped from a low-flying light aircraft on to Tilstock airfield, near Whitchurch, Shropshire, on Tuesday night. Detectives and Customs officers were watching the airfield. Weapons including a machine-gun and ammunition were seized.
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