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Wed May 16, 2018, 01:21 AM May 2018

Feds: 10 schemed to load drugs, weapons and explosives on aircraft at DFW Airport

DFW AIRPORT -- Federal indictments have been issued for 10 employees of companies working out of DFW Airport and nine have been arrested and face federal drug distribution charges.

Each faces a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a schedule II controlled substance, but some of the 10 are accused of conspiring to move other contraband, such as weapons and explosives, on aircraft departing the airport, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney's office in Dallas.

Nine arrests had been made as of Tuesday, according to authorities. Seven of those arrested are employees for Envoy, a subsidiary of American Airlines. One of those indicted was named as a Spirit Airlines employee and another was named as a former Spirit employee. Authorities did not have information on the tenth suspect.

“We have zero tolerance for employees who seek to undermine and evade the security protocols at airports,” U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox said in a statement. “Smugglers are constantly seeking new ways to move illegal contraband across the country and we will do whatever necessary to thwart these criminals at every turn.”

Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article211175769.html

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