Guriel (Sunatimes) A light aircraft ferrying a consignment of narcotic leaves popularly known as Khat in Somalia on Thursday morning crashed in Guri-el airstrip, eyewitnesses say.

The plane came from Kenyan and crash-landed on the runway. No human casualties had been reported. The ill-fated plane veered off the runway, according to eyewitnesses in the area.

The head of the airfield where the plane crashed, Ali Yussuf Ahmed, confirmed to Bar-kulan that a light plane carrying Khat (a mild stimulant) from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, crash-landed at the airstrip. He said the crash caused no human casualty.

Reports say the plane normally brings Khat on daily basis from Kenya to Guri-el, where the stimulant business is booming.

By Rooble Dirir