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Flight attendant trying to smuggle cocaine from Los Angeles airport arrested

Xinhua, March 24, 2016 Adjust font size:

A flight attendant who tried to smuggle almost 70 pounds (31.8 kg) of cocaine from Los Angeles International Airport last week turned herself in to authorities on Wednesday.

Marsha Gay Reynolds, a JetBlue Airways flight attendant and former Jamaican beauty queen, turned herself in to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents in New York on Wednesday, and will make an initial court appearance on Thursday. She will face a charge of possession with intent to distribute cocaine.

Reynolds was stopped at random during luggage-screening processes on Friday by a Transportation Security Administration officer at the airport. She kicked off her Gucci high heels and successfully fled.

In her abandoned luggage, 11 individually wrapped packages containing cocaine were found, according to an affidavit.

Marshall McClain, president of the Los Angeles Airport Police Officers Association, called for 100 percent screening of all passengers and employees at the airport. Endi