Can anybody say Operation Just Cause!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Panama

"In the 1989 invasion of Panama by the United States he was removed from power, captured, detained as a prisoner of war, and flown to the United States. Noriega was tried on eight counts of drug trafficking, racketeering, and money laundering in April 1992."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Noriega

They shoul've put Reagan and O.North in JAIL.

something does not seem right here ,,all the passengers had left and the three remaining bags which were unclaimed contained 130 poundds of cocaine ...Sniffer dogs are used in nearly all airports now and yet the bags were sent in a way so a dog could easily recognise the contents through smell . Sorry ...do not but this story as it is .

Corruption on both sides for sure. How did this much drugs get through SDQ? Who was supposed to find it in the US and grab it who never did? Did someone get scared?

Good questions we will never have answers for.

The one thing we do know is 130 pounds in 2 suitcases is quite obvious and easily passed through SDQ security. I would start there for sure.

Never mind the 13000 pounds just flown in on US State Department aircraft

This is a very strange story.

I live in the Philly tri-state area, and things don't really add up well. First of all, it was not a "Seizure" as authorities claim, the bags were "left" there unclaimed. My guess is that this was a test by traffickers to see how long it takes authorities to find drugs. I bet many many more have passed through. The other thing is, how is it they have no leads? I mean, bags don't get on a plane without a passenger tag on it. There are not many direct flights at all from DR to Philly, and most direct flights are from Punta Cana, maybe 1-2 direct flights on weekends (if any), they should be able to go through the passenger list rather easily.

There are many details being left out or missing, so somebody got helped big time here.

have found this story elsewhere in various philidelphia news outlets and have heard the airport officers saying that they believe this was a probe to test security ..the bags came from santo domingo according to the airport authority . from my research there were no direct flights so the bags had to be transited in a USA airport

This has to be a massive piece of corruption for 3 duffel bags which contain cocaine bricks only covered by blankets not to have been seen by authorities in either SDQ or in Philapelphia or a transit city ,,bags have to travel with a passenger and someone with three duffel bags is not very normal.,,
the wheels of corruption from the massive drug trade seem to draw in many .

At any event, it's an expensive test.

Money talks and with the economy down in the US I am sure it's not difficult to get even once honest people to turn their heads. Blame it on capitalism or greed.

I would be checking the security cameras or at least the schedule to find out who was in charge of tagging the bags.

This is just to throw them off while they slip the bigger shipment around them.

Drugs were detected well before the bags were sent on the carpet. Person(s) was/were caught making the pick-up and after getting torqued by the LEA, turned on the bosses as informants. Bags do not make it to the carpet unless the cops want it to.

The DEA must have gotten a lot of good information from the fellow(s) and will now use them as an informant. That is why the story does not make a lot of sense..... There is much more to it!

So someone left three unattended duffel bags of cocaine at an airport? Riiiiggghhttt !!! I have three words : Corruption,Corruption,Corruption !!!