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Two airport workers were caught on CCTV trying to smuggle 15lb of cocaine onto an international flight in Bogotá, Colombia - with the drugs stashed in their work lockers.
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Airport staff busted allegedly smuggling cocaine onto passenger jet

Lee Bullen
Last updated: September 28, 2026 1:24 pm
Lee Bullen Published September 28, 2026
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The two airport workers in custody. (Picture: Jam Press)
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Two airport workers have been busted for attempting to smuggle cocaine onto a passenger jet.

CCTV picked up the pair moving a suitcase toward a restricted cargo area.

Officers then found about 15lb of the drug in their work lockers.

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The suspects have been charged with drug trafficking.

The bust happened at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia, last Thursday (24 Sep).

The men worked for an airport services firm.

A CCTV operator spotted suspicious movement in the cargo terminal.

Units stopped the pair and asked to search their lockers.

(Picture: Jam Press)

Inside a suitcase were five wrapped packages.

Tests showed cocaine hydrochloride weighing about 15lb (7kg).

Major Jhonatan Quintero, acting commander of the airport police station, said: “These citizens apparently intended to take the substance to a foreign country on an international flight.”

He said they found the suitcase and ran tests that came back positive.

Two airport workers were caught on CCTV trying to smuggle 15lb of cocaine onto an international flight in Bogotá, Colombia - with the drugs stashed in their work lockers.
The two airport workers in custody. (Picture: Jam Press)

Both men were arrested on the spot.

Police have not named the intended destination.

They have not said how the cocaine reached the airport or whether anyone else was involved.

Investigators are now looking at the suspects’ access passes and whether a wider group was behind the attempt.

Airport police said they have seized about 640lb (290kg) of cocaine at El Dorado so far this year.

(Picture: Jam Press)

City-wide seizures in Bogotá have topped 1,540lb (700kg) in 2026.

Officers asked staff and passengers to report anything unusual inside the terminal, as reported by Need To Know.

The two men have not been named and no airline has been identified.

The investigation continues.

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