Peru airport drug bust points to police, customs LIMA, Peru - A Peruvian prosecutor says 4 people have been charged with drug trafficking and 28 more are under investigation in an alleged smuggling ring involving police and customs officials. The investigation began after a former airport employee was arrested Feb. 25 while allegedly carrying 130 pounds (60 kilograms) of cocaine he intended to smuggle in airline food carts onto a LAN flight to Mexico City. Prosecutor Juan Mendoza says the man accepted a plea bargain to testify and is in jail on trafficking charges along with an ex-police officer and a customs official. A fourth suspect is being sought. Mendoza said Wednesday that 17 police officers, 9 customs officials, an airport worker and a LAN employee are also targeted by the probe. |