Rhino
03-08-2007, 08:36 AM
Feds: Baggage Handlers Brought Guns, Drugs on Flight
Thursday, March 08, 2007
ORLANDO, Fla. — Two baggage handlers carried a bag containing guns and drugs on a commercial flight from Florida to Puerto Rico, but passengers were in no danger, a Transportation Security Administration spokesman said.
The baggage handlers used their employee uniforms and airport identification cards to enter restricted areas, bypass screeners with the bag and board the commercial Delta flight, according to court documents released Wednesday.
Transportation Security Administration spokesman Christopher White said passengers were in no danger but declined to address the security breach.
The Orlando Police Department received a tip from an anonymous person that led authorities to investigate the men, said Carlos Baixauli, a Miami-based special agent with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives......http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,257682,00.html
Thursday, March 08, 2007
ORLANDO, Fla. — Two baggage handlers carried a bag containing guns and drugs on a commercial flight from Florida to Puerto Rico, but passengers were in no danger, a Transportation Security Administration spokesman said.
The baggage handlers used their employee uniforms and airport identification cards to enter restricted areas, bypass screeners with the bag and board the commercial Delta flight, according to court documents released Wednesday.
Transportation Security Administration spokesman Christopher White said passengers were in no danger but declined to address the security breach.
The Orlando Police Department received a tip from an anonymous person that led authorities to investigate the men, said Carlos Baixauli, a Miami-based special agent with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives......http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,257682,00.html