Boeing workers busted in drug sweep. Don't worry, they were only making aircraft for Iraq, Afghan wars.

Dozens of current and former Boeing workers were arrested today in a federal drug bust. The workers are accused of illegally dealing prescription drugs (including Actiq, Oxycontin, and Xanax) at a plant that makes aircraft used in America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The DEA press release is here, and FBI press release is here. From Reuters item:

As a result of an investigation that began four years ago at the Boeing plant, 23 people were charged with selling the prescription painkiller Oxycontin and other drugs, U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger told a news conference in Philadelphia.Another 14 people were charged with attempted possession of various drugs for trying to buy them, he said.Boeing employs more than 6,000 people at the Ridley Park plant, where the V-22 Osprey vertical take-off aircraft and H-47 Chinook helicopters are produced. The Osprey and Chinook are standard U.S. military aircraft used in Iraq and Afghanistan.

More: WSJ, Philadelphia Inquirer, BBC News, local ABC News affiliate (with photos).

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