Ground handling staffer allegedly assaults airport security in cocaine smuggling attempt

A Roraima Airways security officer Monday morning allegedly assaulted a special constabulary airport security guard at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) after he failed to get a quantity of cocaine on a Delta Airlines flight, sources said.

He was arrested after airport security saw him allegedly placing a bag at the back of the forklift.

The bag contained a blanket in which the cocaine was stitched into six compartments, sources said.

Roraima Airways is the ground handling agent for Delta Airlines.

Demerara Waves Online News (www.demwaves.com) was told that the airline security officer had assaulted the female airport security after she refused an inducement of GUY$10,000 and US$200 to allow him to pass hassle-free.

The Roraima Airways official Monday night remained in police custody. Investigators have already released one of the staff members of Water Chris catering service but continued to detain another for further questioning.,

“This had nothing to do with Water Chris. Nothing was in the food,” the official told DemWaves

The source explained that after the Roraima Airways official was challenged about why he had placed the bag aback the forklift that usually takes the food bins into the aircraft, he was taken to a room.

It was from there that he tried to escape.

On arriving at the airport, the Roraima Airways security officer had objected to colleague taking over from him to escort the food to the aircraft.

Source:    http://www.demerarawaves.com