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Saturday, May 5, 2012LAX Screeners Arrested on Drug Smuggling
TSA Screeners at LAX
Arrested on Federal Drug
Trafficking
Corruption Charges
On April 25 two
former and two current Transportation Security Administration screeners at Los
Angeles International Airport were arrested on federal narcotics trafficking
and bribery charges for allegedly taking cash payments to allow large shipments
of cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana to pass through x-ray machines at
TSA security checkpoints. Authorities are continuing to search for one alleged
drug courier named in the 22-count grand jury indictment.
The indictment
outlines five specific incidents that occurred between February and July 2011.
In one incident, two defendants allegedly agreed that a drug courier would
bring about five kilograms of cocaine through a security checkpoint that was
being staffed by a defendant; however when the courier failed to follow the
screener’s instructions, TSA officials uninvolved in the scheme seized the
courier’s bag, which was filled with cocaine.