Female Flight Attendant Abandons 66 lbs Of Cocaine During Random Security Check 


An airline employee who abandoned nearly 70 pounds of cocaine in her carry-on bag at LAX was being sought by federal drug agents.

The woman was selected for a random screening at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, according to the DEA.

During the encounter with Transportation Security Administration members, the airline employee “abandoned her belongings and escaped on foot,” DEA spokesman Timothy Massino said in a statement.

A search of her belongings turned up about 30 kg of cocaine (or about 66 pounds).

The female airline employee was considered a fugitive, Massino told KTLA news.

He would not say what position the woman held with an airline, nor did he name the airline.

In light of the incident, the union for Los Angeles airport police officers issued a statement calling for screening of all passengers and employees.

“Flight attendants and other crew members are not normally subjected to searches, but this is a perfect example of why Los Angeles airports need 100% screening of all passengers and airport employees. Total employee screening is realistic and achievable and it should happen here at LAX.”

Two carry-on roller bags were abandoned by a flight attendant at the terminal, the Los Angeles Airport Peace Officers’ Association stated.

Witnesses said that after being directed to the screening location, the woman kicked off her Gucci high heels, made a cellphone call and made a quick dash down the up escalator.

Marshall McClain, president of the union representing LAX airport police officers expressed concern that officers were alerted about the unattended bag but not a suspicious person running through the airport.

“With her bringing this amount of narcotics in the airport, chances are this wasn’t her first time through. We’re hoping this is a wake-up call to airport management as well as federal legislators.”

See a video on CBS News.

5 Woman Drunken Brawl Breaks Out Mid Flight To LAX Airport

 

A brawl over a loud boom box broke out on a Spirit Airlines flight about to land at the Los Angeles International Airport.
 
According to ABC7, the plane was heading from Baltimore to Los Angeles when two women began playing music loudly from a boom box.

When another passenger asked the women to turn down the music, the boom box owners instead turned up the volume and taunted passengers.

Shortly after, a wild scene was caught on camera as five women began fighting mid-flight.

LAX police met the plane at the gate and all five women involved were taken off the plane.

Surprisingly, none of the women were arrested or charged. 

Check out footage of the video:

Smuggled Cocaine Found In Colombian Woman’s Breast Implants

Drug traffickers will go to any lengths to get their dope across international borders.

In Berlin, a 24-year-old Colombian woman was arrested at Frankfurt airport after she was found to be carrying 1kg of cocaine inside her breasts.

Airport officials became suspicious after they found fresh operation scars below the woman’s breasts during a search and complained of severe pain.

The drugs had been inserted into her body during a hasty operation.

She was sent to a local hospital where doctors removed two 500-gram lumps of cocaine wrapped in plastic from each of her breasts.

The drugs have a market value of ($220,000) and were destined for Spain.

Airport spokesman Hans-Juergen Schmidt said:

“This is the first case in Germany in which drugs have been smuggled in this fashion.”

Customs agents were shocked by what they said was the amateurish surgery.

Schmidt said:

It shows how drugs smugglers “are completely indifferent to human life and the life-threatening conditions of their drug carriers.”

The woman, who said she has three children in Colombia where she worked in agriculture, is facing drug trafficking charges and jail time.

One word. Ouch! 

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