4 Flight Attendants Charged With Smuggling Drug Money on Commercial Flights

Close to $8 million in cash was allegedly transported in suspects’ bags over years-long smuggling operation.
4 Flight Attendants Charged With Smuggling Drug Money on Commercial Flights
Passengers make their way in a security checkpoint at the International JFK airport in New York on Oct. 11, 2014. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz/File photo
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Four flight attendants were charged Wednesday with various offenses relating to their alleged participation in smuggling drug money for many years to the Dominican Republic on commercial flights.

The flight attendants used their “Known Crewmember” (KCM) status with the TSA, allowing them to pass through a special security lane at John F. Kennedy and other airports with less scrutiny.

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