DFW Airport Drug-Smuggling Crew That Offered to Fly Explosives Admits Guilt

Seven of the crew members worked for Envoy Air, a regional carrier owned by American Airlines. Two others worked for Spirit Airlines.

The airline employees had indicated they were willing and able to smuggle anything on board commercial airline flights for money, including drugs, weapons, even plastic explosives, federal authorities said.

The team of smugglers based at DFW International Airport included a "main baggage scanner," baggage handlers and others who could monitor bags as they were loaded on and off Spirit Airlines and Envoy Air planes, federal court records show.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2019/05/10/dfw-airport-drug-smuggling-crew-offered-fly-explosives-admits-guilt

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