Two air marshals were arrested in connection with using their positions for drug trafficking, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday.Why were their names not released? Because air marshals often travel incognito and revealing their names could endanger their future careers?
A tipster told FBI agents that the men, whose names were not released, were buying and selling drugs as they flew around the country as air marshals.
The federal government hired thousands of air marshals after Sept. 11, posting the undercover, armed agents on board random airplanes.
Because they carry guns, the marshals bypass metal detectors and X-ray machines. [How convenient that must be for them.--ed.]
The air marshals arrested Thursday were scheduled on an overnight flight, possibly to Las Vegas. They were arrested before making it to the airport.
Agents searched the northwest-side home of one of the men. The search warrant, which details what was found, is sealed.
Both men worked with other law enforcement agencies before becoming air marshals, sources told KPRC. One of them was a Drug Enforcement Administration agent until 2002, when he joined the air marshals.
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