10,615 pounds of marijuana seized at Baltimore port
U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 10,615 pounds of marijuana in Baltimore on 29 May 2026 from a shipping container bound for Liverpool, England. The load was manifested as shirts and valued at $24 million, with no arrests reported as Homeland Security Investigations continues its inquiry.
🇺🇸 Port of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland · United States
More than 10,000 pounds of marijuana were seized while in transit to England,
according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in Baltimore.[1]U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized over 10,000 pounds of
marijuana on May 29 in Baltimore from a shipping container concealed for
shipment to Liverpool, England.[2]No arrests had been made when the seizure
was announced, and special agents with Homeland Security Investigations
continued the investigation.[3]
Officers had conducted an export inspection of a 40-foot shipping container sent
from Nassau County, N.Y. that was manifested as men’s cotton and nylon shirts.[2]Instead, officers discovered 238 boxes stuffed full of vacuum-sealed bags
of marijuana inside the container.[2]CBP narcotics detector dog Letti, a
2-year-old female German shepherd, had alerted officers to the presence of
narcotics in the boxes.[2]
The marijuana weighed a combined 4,815 kilograms, or 10,615 pounds.[2]CBP put
its street value at about $24,000,000 in the United States and said it could
fetch twice that amount in Europe.[2]
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WTOP Newswtop.comMore than 10,000 pounds of marijuana bound for England seized at Port of Baltimore
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No arrests had been made at the time of the 18 June announcement and no suspects were named; whether later charges followed is not reported.
CBP describes other recent London-bound marijuana interdictions at Washington Dulles, BWI Marshall and Philadelphia airports, plus prior Buffalo and Philadelphia loads, which are separate events left out of this report.
The CBS Baltimore page carries only a brief description with its 39-second video, so container, weight and value details rely on the CBP release and WTOP report.
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