American Airlines mechanic guilty of conspiracy to smuggle cocaine
Paul Belloisi, a 55-year-old American Airlines mechanic from Hicksville, NY, was rated guilty this past Tuesday of attempting to smuggle a shipment of cocaine stashed in a secret compartment under a plane’s cockpit at JFK International Airport. The cocaine was estimated to be worth approximately $320,000, and it was uncovered during a typical check-in by Custom and Border Protection (CBP) officers when the aircraft landed from Jamaica on February 4, 2020. To capture Belloisi in …