Peru drug ring probe

Four people have been charged with drug trafficking and 28 are being investigated in an alleged smuggling ring involving police and customs officials in Peru.

The investigation began after a former airport employee was arrested in February while allegedly carrying 130lbs of cocaine he intended to smuggle in airline food carts onto a flight to Mexico City.

Prosecutor Juan Mendoza said the man accepted a plea bargain to testify and was in jail on trafficking charges along with an ex-police officer and a customs official. A fourth suspect is being sought.