Houston Airport Employees Arrested in Drug Sting Operation

Two Bush Intercontinental Airport employees were arrested October 19 for attempting to smuggle heroin at the airport. The men, one an Express Jet employee and the other a DAL Global Services worker, are accused of using both their airport knowledge and their security credentials to bring nearly 15 kilos of the narcotic (13 of which was a sham heroin substance) onto the field and attempt to sell it to an undercover DHS special agent. The pair is also accused of smuggling $100,000 in U.S. currency and numerous fraudulent documents. Each man faces up to 10 years in prison.