Original Article May 19, 11:32 AM EDT Base police officers charged in FBI drug trafficking sting TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Two Davis-Monthan Air Force Base police officers are the latest people to be charged in a growing FBI cocaine trafficking sting operation, bringing the number of defendants in the case to 24. Staff Sgt. Clifton Hoehn of the 355 Security Forces Squadron is charged with conspiracy to smuggle cocaine and cocaine possession. Staff Sgt. Alandric Holman, also of the 355 Security Forces Squadron, is charged with conspiracy to smuggle cocaine and cocaine smuggling. Holman is also accused of selling cover sheets stamped "Secret" and stickers used to identify classified information to an undercover FBI agent. Both men are essentially police officers for the Air Force base and are on active duty, said base spokeswoman Maj. Laurel Tingley. Five other Davis-Monthan airmen and sergeants have also been charged in the sting. None has been arrested. Tingley said all seven were removed from their duties but are still working on the base in positions that don't require a security clearance or a weapon. Unlike their counterparts who pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, the Air Force members face dishonorable discharge and 30 years in prison if they're found guilty by court-martial. FBI officials said defendants in the case, who include federal agents, soldiers, prison guards and police, ran more than half a ton of cocaine to Tucson, Phoenix and Las Vegas using their uniforms and military vehicles to slip past Border Patrol and police checkpoints in Arizona and Nevada. Authorities said the FBI was tipped about an individual and set up a fake trafficking organization in December 2001. Military and police personnel then were lured with money to help distribute the cocaine or allow it to pass through checkpoints they were guarding. The FBI used real cocaine seized in other operations but officials said the drugs never ultimately left FBI possession, officials said. Information from: Arizona Daily Star, http://www.azstarnet.com