Customs and Border Safety brokers intercepted 10 kilos of marijuana at Washington Dulles Worldwide Airport that was stashed in baggage heading to Nigeria this week.
Authorities inspecting checked baggage for a scheduled flight to Nigeria uncovered vacuum-sealed luggage of weed hidden inside clothes in a suitcase.
The marijuana cumulatively weighed about 10 kilos and 6 ounces. The medication had a U.S. avenue worth of $8,000 and an estimated Nigerian avenue worth of $30,000.
The narcotic is illegitimate in Nigeria for each leisure and medicinal use.
Authorities famous the oddity of the crime. Given marijuana’s abundance on the worldwide black market, making an attempt to smuggle it nearly 5,500 miles through business flight to Lagos is uncommon.
“Generally we uncover illicit merchandise, however intercepting a marijuana load crossing the Atlantic Ocean to Nigeria is sort of uncommon with the abundance of marijuana obtainable across the globe,” mentioned Kim Der-Yeghiayan, performing space port director for CBP’s Space Port of Washington, D.C.
Customs and Border Safety brokers haven’t discovered the traveler related to the suitcase, and the investigation is constant.
