2 charged with conspiracy to retrieve drugs from jets
BY TED SHERMAN
Star-Ledger Staff
Amid growing questions over the level of security on the tarmac at Newark Liberty International Airport, two more airline workers were under arrest yesterday -- this time charged with conspiring to smuggle bundles of heroin aboard a number of Continental commercial flights from South America.
The two men, both Continental employees, were believed to be part of an international narcotics trafficking organization with ties to El Salvador and Colombia, authorities said. Assistant U.S. Attorney Dennis Carletta said...Register for more