Wasn't There a Foo Fighters Video About This? (Sky-High Drug-Smuggling Edition)

Nick Gillespie | April 4, 2006

Not the fresh-making power of Mentos, but drug-smuggling airplane types?:

Two U.S. air marshals pleaded guilty Monday to accepting money to smuggle cocaine on a flight to Las Vegas and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.

The marshals admitted they accepted $15,000 to use their positions as air marshals to bypass airport security and smuggle 15 pounds of cocaine....

The men face 10 years to life in prison and a maximum fine of $4 million on the smuggling charge, and 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on a bribery charge.

More here.

Comments

MP|4.4.06 @ 12:07PM|#

$15,000? They got screwed.

|4.4.06 @ 12:19PM|#

Things like this are why my fairly conservative Republican father supports some form of drug legalization and is strongly opposed to using the military in drug interdiction efforts -- prolonged prohibition inevitably breeds graft and corruption in the entities devoted to enforcing prohibition.

|4.4.06 @ 12:23PM|#

$15,000? 15 lbs of cocaine has a street value of about $650,000. These guys should go to jail for being so stupid and not demanding more money.

|4.4.06 @ 12:26PM|#

I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you!

Warren|4.4.06 @ 2:01PM|#

Long-term airport parking: $47

Online 5 day Vegas Resort Get-a-Way: $837

Picking up the Air-Marshal's luggage by mistake: Priceless

Some things money can't buy... Government agents ain't one of them.

|4.4.06 @ 3:20PM|#

There is another blog item about Virginia Beach PD being sued because they made basic math skills a criteria for hiring.

Since the Air Marshalls haven't been sued, here's a thought - the dealers actually offered the Marshalls $150,000, but gave them 10% of that, because they knew they couldn't count.

|4.4.06 @ 3:31PM|#

10-Life that's only 5 year less than McCoy gives for Murder 2.