Former customs agent convicted of smuggling 16 kilos of cocaine to Atlanta airport

A 45-year-old former customs agent is out of a job after he was convicted of carrying more than just clothes in his carry-on bags .

According to court documents, on Jan. 10, 2020, Van Beverhoudt, a former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer boarded his commercial flight from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands to Atlanta with 16 bricks of cocaine in two carry-on bags.

Officials said Beverhoudt traveled in full uniform with his loaded CBP-issued gun, to avoid the TSA screening…

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