Posted: 7:49 am EDT March 18, 2011

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ATLANTA -- A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer has pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to launder drug money and attempting to smuggle guns on an airplane.

U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said 45-year-old Devon Samuels pleaded guilty to the charges Thursday. He was charged in connection with three undercover sting operations with smuggling drug money and guns through Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Yates said Samuels unlawfully used his badge to bypass security and avoid screening.

In a separate case, Samuels and his wife, 30-year-old Keisha Jones, both of Stockbridge, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit marriage fraud. Yates said the two helped another couple deceive immigration authorities into believing their sham marriage was genuine.

The two are to be sentenced June 2.