An investigation is underway after federal officers seized a huge load of marijuana at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.According to officials, on Feb. 25, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a 32-pound load of marijuana that a passenger attempted to smuggle to London from Baltimore.The passenger, a 22-year-old California woman, has not been charged, but the investigation is ongoing.Officers discovered the marijuana in a suitcase heading to Iceland with follow-on travel to London. The traveler and suitcase were taken to CBP’s inspection station where officers extracted 30 vacuum-sealed packages of marijuana.Officials are seeing an increasing trend of U.S.-based growers and retailers shipping marijuana to Europe and Africa to fetch higher prices.”Marijuana may be decriminalized in some states, however, bulk smuggling remains illegal federally, and Customs and Border Protection officers will continue to seize marijuana when we encounter it,” said Adam Rottman, CBP’s Area Port Director for the Area Port of Baltimore.
An investigation is underway after federal officers seized a huge load of marijuana at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
According to officials, on Feb. 25, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a 32-pound load of marijuana that a passenger attempted to smuggle to London from Baltimore.
The passenger, a 22-year-old California woman, has not been charged, but the investigation is ongoing.
Officers discovered the marijuana in a suitcase heading to Iceland with follow-on travel to London. The traveler and suitcase were taken to CBP’s inspection station where officers extracted 30 vacuum-sealed packages of marijuana.
Officials are seeing an increasing trend of U.S.-based growers and retailers shipping marijuana to Europe and Africa to fetch higher prices.
“Marijuana may be decriminalized in some states, however, bulk smuggling remains illegal federally, and Customs and Border Protection officers will continue to seize marijuana when we encounter it,” said Adam Rottman, CBP’s Area Port Director for the Area Port of Baltimore.
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