GWB Guard Accused of Smoking Weed On The Job

A security contractor guarding the George Washington Bridge's New Jersey side was arrested Wednesday after being caught smoking marijuana on duty, sources told the New York Post. 

The guard, Sami Omar, 26, of North Bergen, was busted by a Port Authority police officer who smelled weed when he stopped at a GWB security booth, the report said. Omar reportedly first blamed the pot odor on a passing skunk. 

Police discovered a half-smoked blunt in Omar's boot and a bag of weed, the newspaper reported, citing sources. 

Omar, an employee of FJC Security for four years, has been assigned to the bridge for three years, according to the report. He also guarded PATH trains. 

FJC, a private firm hired to help secure the bridge and regional airports, has a history of security lapses. An FJC guard assigned to Newark Airport was charged in May with using a dead man's identity. 

NorthJersey.com reported the Englewood Cliffs-based Port Authority police union called for disabled war veterans to be used as security at PA facilities.