Drug shipments stuffed into luggage that had already been screened. Airline employees abusing their security clearances. Sounds like an episode out of Hawaii Five-0.
The AP reports:
A federal criminal complaint alleges that workers for Delta Air Lines and the Transportation Security Administration helped a methamphetamine ring operate between southern California and Hawaii.
The complaint charges five people, including a Hawaii-based Delta Air Lines ramp agent who used her security credentials to bypass airport security to transport drug money to California.
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