Airport security officer helped smuggle heroin through Dulles

An airport security supervisor in Ghana has been indicted for helping an international drug ring smuggle heroin into the United States through the Dulles International Airport. The West African drug operation paid couriers up to $15,000 per trip to transport kilos of heroin, either in carry-on luggage or stitched into a wig of artificial hair, according to the U.S. Attorney Office for Eastern Virginia.

Kotoka International Airport security supervisor Edmund Darkwah, 37, was charged with conspiracy to import heroin and two counts of heroin distribution. He faces 10 years to life in prison for each count, prosecutors said.