TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – Maintenance workers with American Airlines have discovered more than 26 pounds (11.8 kg) of cocaine in a Boeing 757 undergoing routine maintenance at Tulsa International Airport, officials said on Wednesday.
The Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office was called to the airport’s maintenance center after airline employees found packages of a white, powdery substance in the plane on Tuesday night, the sheriff’s office said.
Agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration were called in and removed 10 square packages, it said.
The packages were positively identified as cocaine and are being held by the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office.
American Airlines is working with the DEA and federal agencies, which are trying to determine how the cocaine made its way onto the aircraft, a spokesman said.
As of Wednesday morning, no arrests have been made in connection with the discovery.
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TULSA — The FBI is following the trail to who hid drugs in an American Airlines 757 in Tulsa for routine maintenance.
Officials with the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Tulsa County Sheriffs Deputies removed 10 square packages of cocaine.
Sources tell Tulsa’s Channel 8 that a mechanic made the discovery, Tuesday afternoon while working on a the plane. Two packages were found in the avionics bay, which is located in the front of the plane underneath the flight deck. Once the discovery was made, the airplane mechanics were ordered off the plane and authorities were called to the scene.
The plane originated in Bogota, Colombia, then traveled to Miami, then did two trips from Boston to Dallas, and then traveled to Tulsa for routine maintenance.
The DEA and the FBI are investigating. Tulsa’s Channel 8 is seeking comment from American Airlines, the DEA, and the FBI.
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11.8kgs of Cocaine found on an American Airlines 757
