Woman arrested at Dallas Love Field with 75 pounds of marijuana
Dallas police arrested 25-year-old Jennifer Manzanares-Herrera at Dallas Love Field after three suitcases arriving from Las Vegas were found holding about 75 pounds of marijuana in vacuum-sealed pouches. She was held in Dallas County Jail on a $25,000 bond facing a second-degree felony possession charge.
🇺🇸 Dallas Love Field Airport, Dallas, Texas · Texas, United States
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Dallas police arrested 25-year-old Jennifer Manzanares-Herrera at Dallas Love
Field Airport on Thursday after narcotics detectives linked three suitcases full
of marijuana to her.[1]Detectives identified her as the passenger and took
her into custody before she left the airport.[2]Manzanares-Herrera was
traveling from Las Vegas back to North Texas when she was detained.[1]
Police were alerted by an airline after a bag broke open and a large amount of
marijuana was visible inside.[1]Narcotics detectives then found two
additional suitcases with the drug packed inside in vacuum-sealed pouches.[1]In total, police say investigators recovered about 75 pounds of marijuana from
the three suitcases.[2]
Manzanares-Herrera is being held in the Dallas County Jail on a $25,000 bond.[1]She faces a charge of possession of marijuana between 50 and 2,000 pounds,
which is a second-degree felony.[2]
Photos and video
Three suitcases of seized marijuana at Love Field Airport. Photo: Dallas Police via NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth Source: NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Both sources say the arrest happened on a Thursday; 30 April 2026 is used as the incident date from the 2 May and 3 May publication dates, with no separate incident date stated.
Whether counsel had been obtained and any court outcome after the felony possession charge was reported are not given.
No independent weighing is reported; the 75-pound figure is the police count.
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