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Got pretty good sources on this, so believe me when I say that this guy lived a double life to the fullest extent one could. He was taking the guns seized by security at the airport home, stockpiling them, and selling them on the black market to some very bad people. Same with drugs. He was using flights out of the airport to move those things throughout the country. He was also allowing certain individuals through security without being checked, for some hefty amounts of money. It's believed they were moving large amounts of drugs and guns through security and paying him - and a couple others - off in the process.

That’s interesting.

Charleston International Airport isn’t a large airport, but it services approximately 3 times the number of passengers Clinton International does.

Security certainly intercepts a handgun, knife, or loose bullets from time to time, but nowhere near a quantity that could be considered a volume enough to stockpile and sell to very bad people.

I’d assume they have TSA there, if he was smuggling drugs, thugs, and weapons he’d have to bypass them in favor of private jets.

Doesn’t smell right, I bet someone was on the trail of a story and someone influential made sure he was the fall guy.

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Posted by saintsfan1977

West Monroe, from Cajun country

Member since Jun 2010

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Posted on 3/20/24 at 1:42 pm to riverdiver

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Security certainly intercepts a handgun, knife, or loose bullets from time to time, but nowhere near a quantity that could be considered a volume enough to stockpile and sell to very bad people.

The Cartel pays off employees all the time to allow drugs to pass through. You could put plenty of guns in a golf bag and some employee will make sure it's not xrayed and it gets to its final destination. This is easy.

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I’d assume they have TSA there, if he was smuggling drugs, thugs, and weapons he’d have to bypass them in favor of private jets.

Nope. The person doing personal xray is paid a large sum to turn a blind eye as they pass through.

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Doesn’t smell right, I bet someone was on the trail of a story and someone influential made sure he was the fall guy.

Could be, but I'm betting he was working with the Cartel. He wasn't selling guns to random people around the country.

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Posted by Harry Rex Vonner

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Posted on 3/21/24 at 6:03 am to riverdiver

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security certainly intercepts a handgun, knife, or loose bullets from time to time, but nowhere near a quantity that could be considered a volume enough to stockpile and sell to very bad people.

I’d assume they have TSA there, if he was smuggling drugs, thugs, and weapons he’d have to bypass them in favor of private jets.

Doesn’t smell right, I bet someone was on the trail of a story and someone influential made sure he was the fall guy

Yep!

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Posted by Joe_Dirte