Prosecutors: JFK Staff Moved Drugs

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Federal prosecutors say airline workers have been charged with helping drug traffickers smuggle heroin and cocaine through John F. Kennedy International Airport.

A total of 18 people are charged in the plot, including seven employees at Delta Air Lines and one at American Airlines.

Prosecutors say airport workers in the Dominican Republic concealed the drugs in luggage bound for New York. A second group of conspirators at JFK then retrieved the packages and diverted them to a safe area before the bags were inspected.

Authorities say the scheme was uncovered by American customs agents.


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