Saturday, January 12, 2013

The Bourne Bust

It's the next sequel in line and they finally got him, folks.

"Man gets life for hiding drugs on jets" by Tom Hays  |  Associated Press, October 17, 2012

NEW YORK — The testimony at a federal drug-trafficking trial was chilling: Jurors heard how bribed baggage handlers at John F. Kennedy International Airport concealed cocaine on commercial jets inside sensitive wing-assembly compartments.

Saying the tactic risked the lives of passengers, a federal judge sentenced the convicted leader of the drug ring on Tuesday to life in prison.

Victor Bourne, a former American Airlines baggage handler, was found guilty last year of charges he used his behind-the-scenes access at New York City’s busiest airport to orchestrate the smuggling of more than 330 pounds of cocaine from 2000 to 2009....

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