Posted: 5:05 pm EDT April 8,
2009Updated: 6:08 pm EDT April 8,
2009
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Drug agents have arrested a TSA security officer Wednesday who worked at Orlando International Airport on drug and weapons charges.Eyewitness News has learned that the employee worked as a transportation security officer while going through the TSA's checkpoint at Orlando International Airport, but early Wednesday morning police arrested 41-year-old Timothy Monroe during a high-risk search warrant of his home on Coral Reef Road in Palm Bay.Officers said that's where agents with Palm Bay's special investigations unit found guns, drugs and cash they said he's used in an illegal drug trafficking for quite some time.Agents found 40 grams of cocaine, a scale used to weigh and measure the drugs and 65 grams of marijuana all packaged up for sale.Agents also seized numerous weapons including a shotgun, several handguns and a Keltec pistol. Police say he had the ammunition to go with it, along with the proceeds from drug sales.Palm Bay police collected just over $6,100 in cash obtained through the illegal sale of cocaine and marijuana.TSA representative said they are aware of the allegations and will take the appropriate action.
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TSA Worker Arrested On Drug, Gun Charges
Posted: 5:05 pm EDT April 8, 2009Updated: 6:08 pm EDT April 8, 2009
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