Four flight attendants were taken into custody after an investigation revealed a drug-smuggling operation from New York to the Dominican Republic.

Four flight attendants have been charged with allegedly smuggling drug money between the United States and the Dominican Republic

Four flight attendants smuggled millions of dollars in drug money using their 'Known Crewmember' status to bypass airport security, authorities said.

Four flight attendants who worked at major international airlines and flew from the U.S. to the Dominican Republic were charged for allegedly smuggling drug money.

The defendants abused "their privileges as airline employees" to smuggle "millions of dollars of drug money," the U.S. attorney said.

The Department of Justice charged four American flight attendants with abusing their status as airline employees to smuggle drug money to the Dominican Republic on Wednesday. The DOJ said all four suspects worked for different airlines but had for years used a special status with the Transportation Safety Administration to evade normal security