Las Vegas woman charged at Dulles with 59 pounds of Germany-bound marijuana
Airport police at Washington Dulles arrested a 42-year-old Las Vegas woman on August 3, 2025, after U.S. customs officers found 26.88 kilograms of marijuana in two suitcases bound for Frankfurt. She was charged with transporting a controlled substance into Virginia and possession with intent to distribute, both felonies.
🇺🇸 Washington Dulles International Airport, Sterling, Virginia · Virginia, United States
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A 42-year-old woman from Las Vegas, Nevada, was arrested at Washington Dulles
International Airport on 3 August 2025 after officers found more than 59 pounds
of marijuana in her checked baggage.[1]Metropolitan Washington Airports
Authority police charged her with transporting a controlled substance into
Virginia and possession with intent to distribute, both felonies.[2]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found the marijuana in two
hard-sided suitcases while inspecting baggage being loaded onto a
Frankfurt-bound flight.[2]The suitcases carried 50 vacuum-sealed packages
holding a green leafy substance that field tested positive for marijuana.[2]CBP identified the passenger from the baggage tags, detained her at the
departure gate and took her and her luggage to an inspection station for a
secondary examination.[2]CBP said the shipment could have sold for two to
three times as much in Europe, depending on potency.[2]CBP officers handed
the woman and the marijuana over to airport police.[2]
CBP said its officers keep encountering travelers carrying suitcases of
marijuana bound for Europe, often for trafficking organizations.[2]CBP said
marijuana remains illegal under federal law and that exporting it from the
United States is prohibited, even where states have decriminalised it.[2]
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CBP photo of the 59 pounds of marijuana seized from a traveler's baggage at Dulles on August 3, 2025. Photo: CBPPhoto details
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No court outcome beyond the two felony charges has been reported; CBP noted the charges are allegations and the defendant is presumed innocent.
Only two accounts were found, and the WJLA report largely repeats CBP's release, so the details rest mainly on the agency's statement.
No separate weight for each of the 50 packages was published, and CBP's field test was not described as laboratory confirmation.
The value of about $240,000 is CBP's street-value estimate, not a sale price.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in U.S. Customs and Border Protection: CBP weighed the marijuana at 26.88 kilograms, or 59 pounds 4 ounces, and put its street value at about $240,000.
Left out kg seized, as its quotation was not found in U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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