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Highway Landing Drug Smuggler Gets 30 Months

Summary by AVweb
A student pilot who initially made the news for a successful freeway landing near San Diego was back in the spotlight this week for the 30 month jail sentence he received for the cocaine found on his out-of-gas Piper Cherokee. Troy Othneil Smith, 36, of Oceanside pleaded guilty to two counts of cocaine trafficking after a rescue effort turned into a drug bust on State Road 76 in Oceanside, California on Sept. 24, 2024. As we reported at the time…
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AVweb broke the news in on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.
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