STERLING, Va. (7News) — The Dulles Customers and Border Protection (CBP) found 71 pounds of marijuana in a woman’s airport luggage on Nov. 22, the agency said.
The woman, identified as Du Li Park, 30, was traveling to London, United Kingdom when police made the discovery.
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) police arrested the Texas woman on Nov. 23 in connection with the massive drug possession. She was charged with felony possession with intent to distribute, transporting controlled substances into the Commonwealth, and narcotics conspiracy, officials said.
CBP officers said they were inspecting baggage being loaded onto a London-bound flight late at night on Nov. 22, when they encountered two hard-sided suitcases that contained large, vacuum-sealed bags of marijuana.
The officers identified the traveler through baggage tags and escorted Park and the two suitcases from the departure gate to CBP’s inspection station. There, officers extracted a total of 60 vacuum-sealed bags that contained a combined 32.52 kilograms, or 71 pounds and 11 ounces, of marijuana.
The marijuana had a street value of as much as $330,000 in the United States. Depending on potency, this load could fetch two to three times more in London.
This seizure is the latest in a trend of passengers smuggling bulk amounts of marijuana and hashish to Europe, according to Dulles CBP.
In April and March, MWAA police arrested a Houston woman who attempted to smuggle 43 pounds of marijuana to the U.K., and a Maryland woman who attempted to smuggle 53 pounds of marijuana to Paris, respectively.
According to officials, CBP officers and agents seized an average of 2,339 pounds of dangerous drugs last year at and between our nation’s air, sea, and land ports of entry.
The Dulles Customers and Border Protection (CBP) found 71 pounds of marijuana in a woman’s airport luggage on Nov. 22. Read More
