Woman Accused Of Recruiting Couriers To Traffic Drugs Via SoCal Airports
LAPPL News Watch
March 25, 2021
A woman who allegedly recruited couriers to smuggle pound quantities of fentanyl and heroin through three Southern California airports was arrested Wednesday on federal charges.
Chavon "Amber'' Sayles, 28, was arrested at her Chino home and was expected to appear in Los Angeles federal court late this afternoon, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
A federal grand jury indictment returned on March 16 charges her with one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl, and one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. The indictment alleges that from June 2018 to March 2019, Sayles and other co-conspirators recruited couriers to transport heroin and fentanyl through Hollywood Burbank Airport, Long Beach Airport and Ontario International Airport to Ohio, Oregon and elsewhere in the nation.
Sayles allegedly contacted the couriers the night before the flight, and then booked their travel. The couriers would then receive a bag containing concealed pound quantities of drugs, and they would be responsible for checking it in at the airport, the indictment alleges.
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