[Infowarrior] - TSA officers arrested on drug charges in CT

[Richard Forno]

TSA officers arrested on drug charges in Conn.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Last Updated: 10:35 AM, September 13, 2011

Posted: 10:34 AM, September 13, 2011


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STAMFORD, Conn. — Federal prosecutors in Connecticut say a state trooper, a police officer and three Transportation Security Administration officers based at airports have been arrested on charges of participating in a conspiracy to distribute tens of thousands of highly addictive painkiller pills.

Authorities say the TSA officers, based at airports in Florida and New York, a Westchester County, N.Y., police officer and a Florida state trooper received cash payments to help transport oxycodone pills from Florida to New York and Connecticut and/or transport cash proceeds from the sale of the drugs back to Florida.

Authorities plan to announce details of the arrests at a news conference in Stamford on Tuesday afternoon.