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Charter Operator Gets Suspicious When Passenger has 13 Pieces of Luggage - Filled with 500lbs of Marijuana
Authorities have arrested a California woman they say flew to Ohio on a private jet with 506 pounds of marijuana in 13 suitcases. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Anthony Marotta says 28-year-old Lisette Lee and three others were arrested at the airport in Columbus on Monday night. They had arrived on a plane chartered from Van Nuys, Calif. (www.krqe.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
No reason to charter a G4 -- on Continental, the checked baggage fees would've been only $1,160.
This is absolute proof positive why TSA needs to be involved in EVERY aspect of private and commercial aviation. What if that wasn't 13 bags on marijuana? There is no way even the greenest, rookie TSA employee could have missed 13 bags of marijuana. The fact that charter aircraft, their passengers, and cargo at local and municipal airporst go though ZERO inspection is as absurd as letting BP drill for oil a mile below the surface of the ocean. When something goes wrong there is no stopping it. Mind you, the lady confessed to doin this on FOUR previous occassions.
This is not an issue of transportation *security*. It's just smuggling.
Does the TSA need to be involved when you drive your car to another city 100 miles away? You could have a 100 keys in the trunk.
Does the TSA need to be involved when you drive your car to another city 100 miles away? You could have a 100 keys in the trunk.
I agree with Mark,I fly in and out of airports where there is no fuel available no people no nothing.....how is TSA going to monitor that!!!There are so many private airfields around and certainly not enough TSA to monitor these.TSA can't catch everything at major airports let alone small ones. The reality is these folks are smugglers and got caught...
You guys make my point for me. What if it wasn't marijuana, and was weapons, or biological agents. If you watched the story, the lady had 3 ounces of cocaine and marijuana on her person. That's a lot of carry-on. Van Nuys is not an airport in the middle of nowhere, it's in the middle of Los Angeles, and that aircraft was a Gulfstream, not a lawnmower with wings. That lady and her bodyguard could have very well had weapons and taken the aircraft. A Gulfstream jet into a building, or into an LAX terminal could take out a lot of people. You guys need to see the bigger picture. Hijackers took four planes with box cutters for Gods sake. This is 13 suitcases, and 506 pounds. Bruce...in the middle of nowhere, I agree, not an issue, but this is the second largest city in America. Mark....a car can't kill 5,000 people in and take down a 1,000 foot building.
Yawn. Big deal.