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SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM
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WOW! So much for being disabled! This is one new way to bring drugs in! What will they think of next?
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SGT Unit Supply Specialist
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LTC Eugene Chu
..."Traveling is hard, especially when you have to get to the airport early, dump your water bottles out on the street and then pay $12 for another one. It’s a taxing system! But it’s in place for a reason: so that if somebody decides to smuggle drugs on a plane, they will likely get caught. Sure, not every time, but most of the time…someone is going to pay the price, which is exactly what happened at JFK last week when a woman was arrested for bringing a little too much cocaine into the airport. About 28 pounds too much.

According to AP, officers at Kennedy International Airport confiscated over $450,000 worth of cocaine from a traveler who was hiding the drugs in the wheels of her wheelchair. Officials became suspicious when the wheels were not turning correctly, forcing TSA to X-ray the chair and discover the white powdery substance.

What’s even more upsetting is the fact that the official US Border Patrol website made a horrible “Wheels On The Bus” joke in its official press release about the ordeal:"...
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MSgt Operations Intelligence
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Small potatoes compared to what comes cross the border because of Brandon's policies. But here is just ONE incident which netted "340 packages of fentanyl pills weighing a grand total of 187 pounds and worth an estimated $4.3 million.". https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/border-patrol-agents-seize-43-million-fentanyl-along-i-8
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