Flight attendants arrested for allegedly smuggling money through JFK Airport in New York

The flight attendants are accused of smuggling $8 million worth of drug money past the TSA onto flights and out of the country.

Josh EinigerFour flight attendents were arrested after being accused of smuggling drug money from the Dominican Republic.Four flight attendants are accused of smuggling $8 million worth of drug money past the TSA onto flights and out of the country.

"This investigation has exposed critical vulnerabilities in the airline security industry and has illuminated methods that narcotics traffickers are utilizing," said a federal official. The complaint calls it "an international narcotics trafficking, and money laundering operation involved in trafficking fentanyl by using flight attendants at major airlines to smuggle bulk quantities of cash."

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