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Judi Lynn

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Sun Apr 26, 2015, 07:00 PM Apr 2015

Peru: KT-1P aircrafts to directly impact fight against drug trafficking

Peru: KT-1P aircrafts to directly impact fight against drug trafficking

10:51.
Lima, Apr. 24. The KT-1P aircrafts manufactured in Peru, under the agreement with South Korea, will have a direct impact the country’s fight against drug trafficking, said Alberto Otarola, Executive President at the National Commission for Development and Life Without Drugs (Devida).

Even though these aircrafts serve as basic training, they can also be equipped and armed to carry out interdiction of illicit drug trafficking in the valley formed by the Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro rivers. (VRAEM).

The head of Devida confirmed these modern planes will be used for this purpose, given that their versatility allows the "use of force on the ground and in the air."

More:
http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/noticia-peru-kt1p-aircrafts-to-directly-impact-fight-against-drug-trafficking-553194.aspx

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