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Ex-airport employee convicted of drug smuggling

Local | By Correspondent September 20, 2022

WILLEMSTAD - A former airport employee has been sentenced to 45 months in prison. It has been proven that the man had close ties with drug smugglers. At the luggage check, he turned a blind eye to drug packages.  

 

In April of this year, he got into trouble. Camera images show that he cooperated in the transport of a suitcase with 22 kilos of cocaine. The drug courier has also been convicted. He has been sentenced to 42 months. The judge took into account the personal circumstances of the man. The drugs had a street value of almost 2 million euros. 

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