Helicopter owned by Brazilian cop who earned $27,000-a-year is found crashed with 660 pounds of COCAINE on board

• Police in Mato Grosso, Brazil, recovered 660 pounds (300 kilos) of cocaine from a crashed helicopter Sunday, with a street value of $1.3 million 
• Authorities discovered the wrecked chopper while doing a fly over mission as part of its international drug trafficking surveillance program 
• The police did not arrest the people who were on board the $87,000 aircraft; no injuries were reported 
• The helicopter's owner was listed by Civil Police officer Ronney Barbosa
• Barbosa told digital news outlet G1 that he purchased the helicopter over a year ago but sold it May 25 because he was unable to cover its registration cost
• He added that the helicopter had not been cleared to perform any flights, and said the new owner had not registered it to their name 
• The cocaine shipment has a street value of $1.3 million and was transferred to the Federal Police headquarters in  Cuiabá

An $87,000 helicopter whose registered owner is a Brazilian police officer was found crashed with 660 pounds of cocaine on board - but the cop denies having anything to do with it.  

According to Brazilian online news portal G1, the Mato Grosso Federal Police was conducting a flight mission over the region as part of its international drug trafficking surveillance operation when agents aboard a helicopter discovered the crash.

The Federal Police searched the area but were unable to locate any of the suspects that may have been aboard the helicopter, whose illicit cargo has a street value of $1.3 million. 

The aircraft interior's did not provide any clues that would have confirmed if any injuries may have been suffered by those onboard. 

It is unclear how many people were inside it when it crashed, and what happened to them. No arrests have been made.  

Authorities recovered at least five plastic wrapped packages with the cocaine inside.

The massive shipment had a street value of $1.3 million and was transferred to the Federal Police headquarter in Cuiabá.

G1 reported that the helicopter, a Robinson R-44 model, was purchased was previously owned by Ronney Barbosa, who is assigned to the Civil Police in the Federal District.  

The cop, who makes an average of $2,300 a month, or a salary of $27,000 USD annually, said he purchased the helicopter over a year ago, but was unable to cover its registration cost. 

He sold the helicopter to a man in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul on May 25. That man's name has not been shared, and a phone number given to contact him connected to a device that had been turned off. 

According to Barbosa, the helicopter had not been cleared for flights.

'I have all the documents for the sale of the helicopter, I made the transfer on my part. But this process is the same when selling a car,' he explained. 'If the buyer doesn't go there and make the transfer for him, too, it remains in my name.' 

The helicopter, valued approximately $87,000, was equipped to carry up to three people with a payload capacity of 749 pounds (340 kilos).