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A judge sentenced former American Airlines mechanic Paul Belloisi to 9 years for smuggling cocaine. Police found cocaine worth $250,000 in the electronics compartment of an American Airlines plane. AdvertisementA former American Airlines mechanic nearly managed to smuggle 25 pounds of cocaine into the United States worth a quarter of a million dollars — until the flight was marked for a random search. A federal judge in New York sentenced Paul Belloisi, 56, to nine years in prison Friday for charges of conspiracy to possess and import cocaine. Police discovered 10 bricks containing over 25 pounds of cocaine in the electronics compartment of an American Airlines flight at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City in February 2020.
Persons: Paul Belloisi, , John F Organizations: American Airlines, Service, Police, Kennedy International, Justice Department, Business Locations: United States, New York, New York City, Montego Bay, Jamaica
An American Airlines mechanic was convicted of smuggling cocaine, prosecutors said Tuesday. Paul Belloisi kept 10 bricks of cocaine in a compartment underneath the plane's cockpit, they said. Paul Belloisi, 55, who worked at John F. Kennedy Airport for around 3o years, was convicted of conspiring to possess cocaine, conspiring to import cocaine, and importing cocaine, the release said. Prosecutors said that Belloisi tried to smuggle the drugs — worth as much as $320,000 — on a flight that landed in New York from Jamaica on February 4. Customs and Border Patrol officers first discovered 10 bricks of cocaine that weighed more than 25 pounds hidden inside an electronics compartment on the underside of the American Airlines plane, the press release said.
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