PHILADELPHIA – One week after seizing 72 pounds of marijuana from an Ireland-bound man, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Philadelphia intercepted an eight-pound marijuana load destined to Bermuda.
While examining departing international parcels on May 2, CBP officers discovered seven vacuum-sealed bags of marijuana concealed inside an air fryer. The marijuana, which was being shipped from an address in Ocean County, N.J., weighed a combined 3.49 kilograms, or seven pounds, 11 ounces, and has a street value of about $17,000.
However, this load is worth about $150,000 in Bermuda because high-potency U.S. marijuana is fetching prices many times higher across the globe.
Marijuana possession and distribution remains illegal under U.S. federal law, including exporting bulk shipments to foreign nations.
An investigation continues.
On April 24, CBP officers intercepted a passenger who attempted to take 72 pounds of marijuana in his checked luggage to Dublin, Ireland.
“Customs and Border Protection officers are seeing a stream of bulk marijuana being illegally carried in baggage or shipped…
