Flight Attendant Flees Airport, Leaving 30 Kilos of Cocaine Behind: Officials

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A flight attendant selected for a random screening at Los Angeles International Airport took off from the terminal on Friday -- ditching her shoes as well as 30 kilograms of cocaine, officials and sources said.

After the woman “abandoned her belongings and escaped on foot,” airport police officers inspected her luggage and discovered the suspected cocaine, which they turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration, the DEA said in a statement.

A senior government official told ABC News' David Kerley the woman, who was wearing “street clothes,” approached the “known crewmember lane” but was moved by TSA to the inspection area after she’d been randomly selected for a screening.

According to a statement from the airport police union, the woman then “kicked off her shoes” and ran “down the up escalator,” leaving two carry-on roller bags behind in LAX’s Terminal 4. Witnesses apparently saw her making a cellphone call while left unattended, the union said