NEW YORK — A former American Airlines aircraft mechanic was sentenced on Sep 6 to nine years in prison after being convicted of trying to smuggle cocaine hidden beneath the cockpit of a flight to New York from Jamaica. Paul Belloisi, 56, of Smithtown, New York, was sentenced by US District Judge Dora Irizarry in Brooklyn, after being convicted in..
The ex-mechanic plans to appeal his conviction.NEW YORK — A former American Airlines aircraft mechanic was sentenced on Sep 6 to nine years in prison after being convicted of trying to smuggle cocaine hidden beneath the cockpit of a flight to New York from Jamaica.
Prosecutors said custom officers found 10 cocaine bricks weighing 11.6 kg in an electronics compartment beneath the cockpit, and replaced them with fake bricks sprayed with a substance that glows under a special black light. They also said Belloisi was carrying an empty tool bag and wore a jacket large enough to hold the cocaine.
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