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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Duane Eleby, a suspected drug courier, was all set to sneak 10 pounds of cocaine through a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport last February with the help of a former Transportation Security Administration employee and a screener.

Eleby, however, bungled the plan by going to the wrong terminal and was arrested after another TSA screener found the cocaine, which set in motion a series of undercover operations that led to Wednesday's announcement that two former and current TSA employees had been indicted on federal drug trafficking and bribery charges.

A 22-count indictment outlined five incidents where the TSA employees took payments of up to $2,400 to provide drug couriers unfettered access at LAX over a six-month period last year. In all, seven people are facing charges, including Eleby.

Source and more: TSA screeners charged in LA drug trafficking probe - National News - MyNorthwest.com

Huck

Cops got the best dope.

View From The Ground

Honestly not that bothered in relation to the drugs, if they were legalised you could take a whole load of criminality worldwide out in one fell swoop. The more worrying aspect of course, as it has always been, is that if they are paid to turn a blind eye to drugs they could be financially motivated to ignore something much more potentially and immediately lethal.