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How did they find the cannabis in the first place? Maybe I'm naive, but I'd assume that people carrying weed in their checked bags is like a 1 in 100 or 1 in 1

How did they find the cannabis in the first place? Maybe I'm naive, but I'd assume that people carrying weed in their checked bags is like a 1 in 100 or 1 in 1000 type thing, and that it would be hidden. This implies that they were opening every bag and checking it them all thoroughly. Makes me glad I never check bags..

ahahahahah 3y ago
Maybe they were handling the bags before customs on international arrivals and that they were looking for certain bags that they new to be well loaded. And that they were actually closer to "receiving" than "stealing". To afford to pay an accomplice $2000 per shift, I can't see how they could be making enough unless it was something more like I described than like stealing from random bags
- drewg123 3y ago
  Indeed -- that makes a lot more sense than randomly searching bags. So it sounds like they were either working for a cartel to get the weed past customs, or they had some kind of inside knowledge of a cartel's shipments and were stealing them.
  - RcouF1uZ4gsC 3y ago
    > or they had some kind of inside knowledge of a cartel's shipments and were stealing them. If so, being arrested is the least of their problems.
- thakoppno 3y ago
  It strikes me pretty as implausible people are smuggling cannabis into SFO. At this very moment, my flight from Maui is headed there and I’d bet there was more smuggled on the way out of SFO than into it.
thakoppno 3y ago
Perhaps route alone would be a pretty good indicator on account of degrees of recreational legalities? SFO to Miami would likely have higher rate than a flight to Denver.
- civilitty 3y ago
  Nit: SFO to Devner is far more likely. The TSA has turned a blind eye to cannabis going from legal state to legal state for like a decade now.
  - barbazoo 3y ago
    Why would you move large amounts of marijuana from legal state to legal state by plane though?
    - notyourwork 3y ago
      Ignoring the mode, black market marijuana can be very much cheaper compared to legal.
      - randombits0 3y ago
        The New Bootleggers! It’s a tax dodge now! Lol
      - filoleg 3y ago
        > black market marijuana can be very much cheaper compared to legal How much cheaper are we talking? Becase seeing the recreational pricing in Seattle area (which is in another legal state), I struggle to see how one can make it significantly cheaper than what is legally offered here.
        starttoaster 3y ago
        Go to Illinois and you’ll soon find out. The tax on cannabis products over there is something like 30%? The edibles I buy in WA for $17 were $25 plus a $9 tax over there.

ahahahahah 3y ago

Maybe they were handling the bags before customs on international arrivals and that they were looking for certain bags that they new to be well loaded. And that they were actually closer to "receiving" than "stealing". To afford to pay an accomplice $2000 per shift, I can't see how they could be making enough unless it was something more like I described than like stealing from random bags

drewg123 3y ago
Indeed -- that makes a lot more sense than randomly searching bags. So it sounds like they were either working for a cartel to get the weed past customs, or they had some kind of inside knowledge of a cartel's shipments and were stealing them.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 3y ago
  > or they had some kind of inside knowledge of a cartel's shipments and were stealing them. If so, being arrested is the least of their problems.
thakoppno 3y ago
It strikes me pretty as implausible people are smuggling cannabis into SFO. At this very moment, my flight from Maui is headed there and I’d bet there was more smuggled on the way out of SFO than into it.

thakoppno 3y ago

Perhaps route alone would be a pretty good indicator on account of degrees of recreational legalities? SFO to Miami would likely have higher rate than a flight to Denver.

civilitty 3y ago
Nit: SFO to Devner is far more likely. The TSA has turned a blind eye to cannabis going from legal state to legal state for like a decade now.
- barbazoo 3y ago
  Why would you move large amounts of marijuana from legal state to legal state by plane though?
  - notyourwork 3y ago
    Ignoring the mode, black market marijuana can be very much cheaper compared to legal.
    - randombits0 3y ago
      The New Bootleggers! It’s a tax dodge now! Lol
    - filoleg 3y ago
      > black market marijuana can be very much cheaper compared to legal How much cheaper are we talking? Becase seeing the recreational pricing in Seattle area (which is in another legal state), I struggle to see how one can make it significantly cheaper than what is legally offered here.
      - starttoaster 3y ago
        Go to Illinois and you’ll soon find out. The tax on cannabis products over there is something like 30%? The edibles I buy in WA for $17 were $25 plus a $9 tax over there.