Flying? Never Pack This ONE Thing When Jetting to Europe
Flying? Never Pack This ONE Thing When Jetting to Europe
Things got wild at Logan Airport this week when Nalexus Palmer, a 28-year-old from Michigan, tried to jet off to London with a whopping 74 pounds of marijuana, according to reports.
Can you imagine? That’s like carrying a small person made entirely of pot.
Also, that’s a different kind of mile high club, for sure.
And I feel bad when I pack too many shoes.
Now, you’d think trying to sneak that much weed past airport security would be a mission impossible.
But Palmer gave it a shot anyway.
Flying the friendly skies? Not so much.
I mean, she’s got chutzpah.
Anyway, she got caught red-handed (green-handed?) with two huge suitcases filled to the brim with vacuum-sealed bags of ganja.
That’s some serious Mary Jane for the road.
The street value of all that weed?
A jaw-dropping $370,000!
Of course, this wasn’t just for her personal recreational use.
(Though with the way air travel is going lately, it might take 76ers 4 pounds of weed to make flying endurable.)
And where was she planning to sell it? London. (It’s illegal there, so it’s worth more. Supply and demand, baby! See I did pay attention in Econ. 101.)
But little did Palmer know, her grand plan was about to go up in smoke.
State police detectives swooped in and Palmer started talking.
First, she claimed she had no clue what was in those bags, swearing up and down that some mystery lady had just dropped them off earlier that day.
Right.
But wait, it gets crazier.
Then Palmer said some dude she met in Atlanta four years back had set up the whole thing. He even wired her some cash through Zelle and Cash App.
Now, Palmer’s got a court date on May 24th for a probable cause hearing.
Lesson learned, folks. You might be cool with pot in Michigan and Massachusetts, but try moving it across state or international lines? No high in the sky here.
Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden summed it up perfectly: “Taking a major risk” is an understatement. And to think I freak out if my water bottle is too big.
Still, it got me thinking about the craziest people do at the airport and on a plane.
Here’s a good list: