TSA employees arrested for cocaine smuggling operation in Puerto Rico

[Jose Garcia]

Source: The Hill

A dozen airport and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a massive cocaine smuggling operation in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Monday.

The defendants are accused of helping smuggle approximately 20 tons of cocaine through Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport over the course of 18 years, from 1998 to 2016.

The investigation was initiated by the TSA as part of an ongoing effort to target employee misconduct and reduce insider threats.

The operation allegedly involved employees smuggling suitcases through TSA checkpoints at the airport and onto flights, with as many as five mules on some flights and with each mule checking two suitcases in some cases.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/319246-tsa-employees-arrested-for-cocaine-smuggling-operation-in-puerto-rico

[tenorly]

1. Now, if anyone thinks they pulled this off for 18 YEARS without help,

Crisco has a bridge to sell you.

[rickford66]

2. Low TSA pay makes them ripe for bribery

[yeoman6987]

3. They make between 25 and 38K

Low wage for sure but many make much less and have integrity.

[rickford66]

4. I went thru the entry process up to a point in 2012

The starting pay quoted was approximately $7.50/hr or somewhere around there. The pay you quote could be with overtime.

[yeoman6987]

5. Absolutely possible. I just did a quick google search and that came up

I'm looking for a job so your post had me wondering. Lol.

[rickford66]

6. I did it because I was retired at the time.

The hours are lousy until you get some seniority. A woman I know who worked there finally had to leave due to harassment. As a supplement to SS, it's better than Wal-Mart I guess.

[yeoman6987]

9. Sorry that woman was harassed so much. I hate hearing that.

[Friend or Foe]

7. And, to think that they did this all without a wall

Or a ladder.

Boggles the mind!

[Xipe Totec]

8. Making America Snort Again nt

[nitpicker]

10. Lnk to the DoJ PR

https://www.justice.gov/usao-pr/pr/twelve-current-and-former-tsa-and-airport-employees-indicted-smuggling-approximatley-20