据报道,今年夏季,超过200磅的大麻被运上从洛杉矶飞往奥兰多国际机场(MCO)的商业航班——随后警方在两起机场突袭行动中截获了这些毒品。
More than 200 pounds of marijuana reportedly made its way onto commercial flights from Los Angeles to Orlando International Airport (MCO) this summer — before police intercepted the drugs in two separate airport busts.
警方记录显示,走私者试图将数百磅的散装大麻从洛杉矶国际机场(LAX)运往中佛罗里达州,FOX 35 奥兰多最近获得了这些记录。
The smugglers allegedly attempted to bring hundreds of pounds of bulk marijuana into Central Florida from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), according to police records recently obtained by FOX 35 Orlando.
FOX 35 报道,奥兰多警察局(OPD)的卧底警员和嗅探犬截获了这些毒品。
The drugs were intercepted by undercover officers with the Orlando Police Department (OPD) and drug-sniffing K-9s, FOX 35 reported.
机场一次大麻走私事件可能导致10年监禁和1.5万美元罚款。调查人员表示,嫌疑人使用强力胶和撕下行李标签试图逃避警方,并用干衣纸掩盖大麻气味。
ONE CANNABIS MISTAKE AT AIRPORT COULD BRING 10 YEARS IN PRISON AND $15,000 FINE Investigators said the suspects used superglue and ripped-off luggage tags to try to evade police, as well as dryer sheets to conceal the smell of marijuana. During one bust, which occurred on May 7, officers found 57.6 pounds of marijuana packed inside 50 vacuum-sealed bags, wrapped in blankets and stuffed with dryer sheets, according to the report.
在5月7日的一次突袭中,警员发现57.6磅大麻被装在50个真空密封袋中,包裹在毯子里,并塞满干衣纸,报告称。
In a second bust on July 1, police found 144.4 pounds of marijuana in suitcases with locks that had been completely glued shut.
在7月1日的第二次突袭中,警方在锁住的行李箱里发现144.4磅大麻,这些行李箱被完全用胶粘合封闭。
FOX 35 identified the suspects as individuals in their 20s who are now facing felony drug trafficking charges.
FOX 35 认定嫌疑人是20多岁的个人,现面临重罪毒品走私指控。
TSA OFFICER SEES ALARMING SHAPES ON X-RAY BEFORE STOLEN CIVIL WAR MYSTERY UNRAVELS Keith Jeffries, vice president of K2 Security Screening Group, told Fox News Digital that drug smuggling on commercial flights "can happen in multiple ways."
TSA 官员在 X 光机上看到令人担忧的形状,随后被盗的民国战争谜团揭开K2 安全筛查集团副总裁 Keith Jeffries 向 Fox News Digital 表示,商业航班上的毒品走私“可能以多种方式发生”。他指出,这些情形可能包括机场或航空公司员工协助走私者或贩毒者使用毒品“驯服者”,但他警告说,目前尚不清楚这些毒品在这些案例中是如何被运上航班的。
Those scenarios could include airport or airline employees assisting smugglers or traffickers using drug mules, he said — though he cautioned that it remains unclear how the drugs made it onto the flights in these cases. Jeffries also said law enforcement may have been tipped off about certain individuals or bags by a confidential informant.
Jeffries 还表示,执法部门可能因保密线人而获悉某些个人或行李。
"It's unknown at this time without talking to law enforcement and getting the specifics," he said.
“目前尚不清楚,除非与执法部门交谈并获取具体细节,否则无法确定。”他表示。
Jeffries, who previously served as TSA's federal security director at LAX and deputy federal security director at MCO, added that drug trafficking "can happen on any domestic route — and it does."
杰弗里斯此前曾担任洛杉矶国际机场(LAX)的运输安全管理局(TSA)联邦安全总监,以及迈阿密国际机场(MCO)的联邦安全总监。他表示,毒品走私“可能发生在任何国内航班上——事实上,这种情况确实存在”。他特别指出,由于奥兰多是一个重要的旅游目的地,这可能使该城市对毒品走私者具有吸引力。
CLICK HERE TO He said Orlando's status as a major tourist destination, in particular, could make the city attractive to traffickers. "The illegal perpetrators in this [situation] may think and believe that, well, the security must be lax there, which is not the case," Jeffries said. He also noted that TSA officers do not specifically search for illegal drugs, and that suspected narcotics discovered during screening are referred to law enforcement.
“那些实施非法活动的犯罪分子可能会认为那里的安保措施一定很松懈,但事实并非如此,”杰弗里斯说。
CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS "The TSA's administrative search authority is very, very narrow and very specific," Jeffries said.
他还强调,TSA的工作人员并不会主动搜查非法毒品;如果在安检过程中发现可疑的毒品,他们会将相关线索移交给执法部门处理。
"TSA does not look for illegal narcotics," he added.
“TSA的行政搜查权限非常有限且非常具体,”杰弗里斯解释道,“他们不会主动搜查非法毒品。他们的职责仅仅是发现可疑物品后,通知执法部门进行进一步核实。”
"They simply say, 'We've got an unknown substance, and we need law enforcement's attention so that law enforcement can validate what it is or is not.'"
福克斯新闻数字频道(Fox News Digital)联系了奥兰多警察局以获取更多信息。虽然这次在奥兰多截获的大麻是由当地执法部门处理的,但TSA的工作人员在最近几周的机场安检中还发现过其他异常情况:
TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Fox News Digital reached out to the Orlando Police Department for additional information. While the Orlando marijuana was intercepted by local law enforcement, TSA officers have made other unusual discoveries during airport screenings in recent weeks.
9月初,在德克萨斯州达拉斯洛夫菲尔德机场(Dallas Love Field Airport),TSA工作人员在例行托运行李检查中发现了一把藏在一管牙膏内的小折刀;
Earlier in September, TSA officers at Dallas Love Field Airport in Texas discovered a pocketknife concealed inside a tube of toothpaste during routine carry-on screening.
在坦帕市,TSA工作人员在一名乘客的托运行李中发现了一把藏在一个棒球棒形状手电筒内的4英寸长、双刃刀具。
In Tampa, TSA officers recently discovered a 4-inch, double-edged knife concealed inside a baseball bat-shaped flashlight in a passenger's carry-on bag.