Pot-Laden Plane Blows Into Obama’s Air Space
Two Air Force F-16 fighters have intercepted a privately owned Cessna airplane that entered the same Los Angeles airspace as Marine One, the helicopter that was ferrying President Barack Obama. A law enforcement official says police discovered about 40 pounds of marijuana inside after it landed at Long Beach Airport.
The Secret Service says the president was never in any danger.
In a statement, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said it scrambled two F-16 fighters from March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, Calif., to intercept a Cessna 182 over Los Angeles about 2:30 p.m. EST.
The Secret Service says the plane had entered into the same airspace as Marine One. Officials interviewed the pilot and turned the matter over to local law enforcement.
