{"id":20762,"date":"2018-08-20T15:57:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T15:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/20\/special-forces-soldier-arrested-in-botched-cocaine-smuggling-plot\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:55:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:55:33","slug":"special-forces-soldier-arrested-in-botched-cocaine-smuggling-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/08\/20\/special-forces-soldier-arrested-in-botched-cocaine-smuggling-plot\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Forces soldier arrested in botched cocaine smuggling plot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A 7th Special Forces Group<\/a> soldier was arrested Aug. 13 for attempting to smuggle 90 pounds of cocaine from Colombia to Eglin Air Force Base<\/a>, Florida, according to NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Master Sgt. Daniel J. Gould<\/a> planned to move the drugs in two backpacks aboard a military airplane, the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are aware of recent allegations concerning a U.S. soldier assigned under U.S. Army Special Operations Command, for reportedly attempting to smuggle narcotics from Colombia into the U.S.,” Lt. Col. Robert Bockholt, a USASOC spokesman, told Army Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bockholt could not confirm the identity of the soldier, but added that the drugs were discovered by Drug Enforcement Agency officials before being loaded onto the plane, and that a fellow soldier discovered and reported the plot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are cooperating fully with law enforcement officials concerning this matter,\u201d he said. “In order to protect the integrity of the investigation and the rights of the individual, there is no additional information available for release at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t