Oct 18

Here We Go Again! TSA Agent Charged With Accepting Bribes To Smuggle Pot Onto Planes

If there is anybody in this country that actually believes the TSA is doing a good job and has helped prevent a terrorist attack, you are 100% wrong.

If there is anybody in this country that believes the TSA is a Gestapo-like agency that commits crimes, you are 100% correct. Like it or not, that’s the truth and the truth has no agenda. And here we go again with the TSA.

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The son of Los Angeles’ former fire chief, Millage Peaks, has been arrested for allegedly bribing a TSA agent to help him smuggle marijuana on board a flight.

Authorities arrested Millage Peaks Jr., 23, Sunday morning on charges of smuggling 10-15 pounds of pot on a flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Boston.

“It’s a fair amount. I think it was purchased for about $38,000 and was gonna be resold for some amount greater than that,” said Robert Little, Peaks’ attorney.

Peaks Jr. admitted he bribed a TSA agent, Dianna Perez, to let his suitcase go through security screening for an American Airlines flight. He and Perez also said that they had worked together before and that several thousands of dollars had exchanged hands.

Perez, 28, was also arrested. She was charged with accepting the alleged bribe. Read the rest