{"id":442680,"date":"2026-08-25T04:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T04:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/442680\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T04:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T04:22:12","slug":"lax-security-guard-allegedly-caught-with-24-pounds-of-fentanyl-in-airport-bathroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/442680\/","title":{"rendered":"LAX security guard allegedly caught with 24 pounds of fentanyl in airport bathroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

A security guard at LAX faces a federal charge after he was allegedly caught with 24 pounds of fentanyl in an airport bathroom.<\/p>\n

Miguel Angel Tuz-Noh, 24, was charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. The Department of Justice also charged Los Angeles County resident Anthony Olvera, 23, with the same felony. They face a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison and a maximum of life in prison.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Federal prosecutors said the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Los Angeles Airport Police carried out the investigation into the duo. Investigators said they watched Tuz-Noh and Olvera attempt to exchange the drugs in a men’s bathroom in Terminal 6 on Aug. 19.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the criminal complaint, investigators noted that the restroom was “known for drug trafficking.”<\/p>\n

Officers detained the two men after they left the bathroom. Investigators seized Olvera’s duffle bag and found 10 “brick-type packages” filled with roughly 11 kilograms, or 24.3 pounds, of fentanyl inside.<\/p>\n

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Federal investigators seized 10 packages filled with fentanyl.\u00a0<\/p>\n

DOJ<\/p>\n

Police said Olvera allegedly agreed to fly with the illicit drugs to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.\u00a0<\/p>\n

DEA agents said they believed Tuz-Noh had ties to a larger drug-trafficking organization and helped smuggle more than 100 kilograms through LAX since October 2025.<\/p>\n

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