That’s a whole lot of green.
A woman was arrested at Boston Logan International Airport over the weekend after she reportedly tried to transport nearly $400,000 worth of marijuana, according to police.
The 28-year-old Michigan woman — Nalexus Palmer — has been ordered held on $3,000 bail after being arrested at Logan for attempting to move 74 pounds of vacuum-sealed marijuana to London, the Suffolk DA’s Office said Monday.
The marijuana shipment would have had a street value of $370,000 in the U.K., police said. Marijuana is illegal in the U.K., where it has an illicit-market street value of about $5,000 per pound. Marijuana possession is legal in Michigan and Massachusetts.
“While laws regarding simple possession in Michigan, Massachusetts and many other states may have changed, laws regarding marijuana trafficking haven’t, and anyone thinking they can move large quantities across state or international lines is taking a major risk,” Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden said in a statement. “This defendant discovered that very quickly over the weekend.”
On Saturday at about 9 p.m., Massachusetts State Police troopers were called to Logan on a report that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents had seized about 74 pounds of suspected marijuana from a passenger, later identified as Palmer.
The Michigan woman had flown from Detroit to Boston, with further plans to travel to London. Agents seized two large suitcases containing multiple vacuum-sealed bags of marijuana. Each bag also contained an Apple AirTag.
“Palmer told State Police detectives she did not know what was in the bags and that an unknown woman had dropped them off to her earlier that day,” police said in a statement. “She said a man had organized the drop off but that she did not know the man’s name.”
Palmer reportedly said she met the man four years ago in Atlanta, and that he has provided her with money through Zelle and Cash App. She claimed that the man was going to give her money for a car when she arrived in London.
Palmer was charged in East Boston BMC with trafficking marijuana between 50 and 100 pounds.
Judge Debra DelVecchio set $3,000 bail and ordered Palmer to surrender her passport and stay away from Logan Airport, except for legitimate travel.
Palmer is scheduled to return to court on May 24 for a probable cause hearing.
