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WCBS 880 Exclusive: Contractor Dies After Shooting Up Heroin With Woman At Newark Airport

NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- An airport contractor is dead after shooting up heroin with a woman at Newark Liberty International Airport, WCBS 880 exclusively reports.

Police had initially said they were investigating what was described as a security breach. But Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman Joe Pentangelo said there was no security breach because the man and woman were not in the area where aircraft park or taxi.

Law enforcement sources told WCBS 880's Steve Scott an airport contractor for a major shipping company went off with the woman at the airport around 2 a.m. Saturday.

Authorities said the two shot heroin together and the man died soon after.

Sources told WCBS 880 the woman wandered around a restricted area and eventually called 911.

Authorities are looking into how many times this contractor brought people into the area he brought the woman.

WCBS 880 reports the woman told authorities she was in that area with the man at least three separate times.

There is no official comment from the Port Authority as of yet.

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