The man used his TSA clearance to smuggle packages through security and deliver them to an undercover agent, prosecutors said.
A former Transportation Security Administration officer was arrested Wednesday and charged with one count of attempting to distribute methamphetamine after sting operations at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said.
The smuggling operation surfaced in August 2019, when authorities found roughly 60 pounds of methamphetamine in a shipping container sent from Los Angeles to Kentucky, according to court documents.The semi-truck at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry was hauling nearly $3 million of methamphetamine disguised with “unusual” detail, officials said.
CD-1 arranged for Williams to smuggle methamphetamine based around his work schedule at LAX, prosecutors said. Williams would receive the fake drugs from CD-1 outside LAX, then take the package into the airport.
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