O’Hare

A third man has been charged in an O’Hare khat smuggling case, and unlike two men arrested the previous day, he was ordered detained pending trial. Court records identify him as 43-year-old New Yorker Ebou Sanyang and allege agents recovered 417 pounds of khat from his luggage.

Two men accused of smuggling over 750 pounds of the illegal stimulant “khat” into the United States by packing the stimulant into a dozen checked suitcases and bringing them on a flight from Africa to O’Hare International Airport, according to a state criminal complaint. Prosecutors said the substance cathinone, commonly known as khat, has “no acceptable medical use” and presents “a high degree of addiction.”

A 25-year-old Salem, Oregon, man is facing cannabis trafficking charges after federal agents allegedly found nearly 32 pounds of raw cannabis inside a suitcase he was carrying onto a London-bound flight at O’Hare International Airport. And the accused man says it’s all a big misunderstanding stemming from a job he found on Instagram.

Most people take the Blue Line to O’Hare to catch a flight. But Chicago police say one man has been taking the train to the airport for a very different reason: to steal cars from the parking garages.

It’s always something at O’Hare’s customs checkpoint. On April 11, it was two things: a dead monkey in a suitcase and 125 pounds of African beef hidden inside dried seafood.

A Northwest Side man made a death threat against President Donald Trump and his son, Barron, then used the official White House website to threaten a Secret Service agent who had knocked on his door to investigate the matter, federal prosecutors said.

A New York man who has five felony cases pending back home, including gun charges and at least one violent crime, will be residing at Cook County Jail for the foreseeable future after he was allegedly caught with more than $200,000 worth of pot in a suitcase at O’Hare International Airport.

A Burbank man who posed as a taxi or rideshare driver to lure female passengers arriving at O’Hare International Airport and then forced them to withdraw cash to pay exorbitant fares has been given a six-year prison sentence, court records show.

Two California women have been charged after authorities say they were caught transporting large quantities of suspected cocaine through Chicago O’Hare International Airport this week.

Two United Airlines passengers flying from San Francisco to Gambia experienced an unexpected delay in Chicago when U.S. Customs agents allegedly found 143 pounds of marijuana in their luggage during a layover at O’Hare last weekend.

A British woman accused of bringing more than 90 pounds of cocaine through O’Hare International Airport has been sentenced to six years in prison.