Airline Worker Used Security ID To Sneak 14 Guns, Drugs On Orlando Flight (Local 6 Orlando)

  A 22-year-old airline employee from Central Florida was arrested after he used his security privileges to smuggle a bag containing 13 handguns, an M-16 type automatic weapon and marijuana on board a Delta flight at Orlando International Airport.

  More Arrests Expected

  March 6, 2007 -- ORLANDO, Fla. (Local 6) -- A 22-year-old airline employee from Central Florida was arrested after he used his security privileges to smuggle a bag containing 13 handguns, an M-16 type automatic weapon and marijuana on board a Delta flight at Orlando International Airport, according to federal agents.

  According to an arrest affidavit, Thomas Anthony Munoz, of Kissimmee, Fla., said he was recruited by another Orlando airport employee to smuggle the guns in exchange for money, Local 6 reported.

  The report said Munoz and an unidentified man arrived at OIA at about 3 a.m. Monday and used their identification cards to gain excess to restricted areas.

  Munoz then placed the guns and drugs by a security area near the departure gate, and by 11 a.m. he boarded the flight with the duffle bag, the affidavit said."

  Authorities said Munoz never went through any security checkpoints, which means TSA (workers) never saw him," Local 6's Tiffany Tift said. "In fact, TSA only does random checks of airport employees."

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