Cocaine Found On American Airlines Plane

Maintenance workers with American Airlines have discovered 11.8 kg (26 pounds) of cocaine in a Boeing 757 undergoing routine maintenance at Tulsa Airport.

The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office was called to the airport’s maintenance area after airline employees found packages of a white, powdery substance in the plane on Tuesday night, the sheriff's office said.

Agents with the US Drug Enforcement Administration were called in and removed 10 packages, it said.

The packages were positively identified as cocaine and are being held by the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office.

American Airlines is working with the DEA and federal agencies, which are trying to determine how the cocaine made its way onto the aircraft, a spokesman said.