Ever fly United Airlines and end up missing your stash? Here's why! United Airlines employees accused of years-long scheme selling weed stolen out of customers' checked baggage United Airlines employees accused of years-long scheme selling weed stolen out of customers' checked baggage Two United Airlines employees have been charged for their alleged roles in a drug-selling scheme. They were accused of making at least $10,000 a week stealing weed from checked bags and selling it. Officials said the operation dates back as far as 2020. The Justice Department charged two United Airlines baggage handlers, alleging they participated in a years-long scheme to sell marijuana stolen out of passengers' bags. Ramp cargo agents Joel Lamont Dunn and Adrian Webb were charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance for their part in a scheme that prosecutors said dates back to at least 2020 at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), The San Francisco Standard reported. According to the complaint filed on June 9, Dunn and Webb made as much as $10,000 a week selling marijuana that they stole from departing passengers' checked luggage with the help of at least three other workers. A confidential source close to the alleged scheme told law enforcement that they were paid $2,000 each shift to help steal the cannabis from travelers' bags and load it into 15-20 gallon black trash bags about twice each week. Prosecutors named Dunn as the leader of the operation, and Webb was labeled as his "right-hand man" who gave directions when Dunn was not around. The amount of weed, per the complaint, was more consistent with distribution than personal use. Attorneys for Dunn and Webb did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. As of Saturday afternoon, no trial date had been set. (snipped)
did not know that were that many stupid people in San Francisco to board a plane with MJ/THC, enough that they could make 10K a week.
$9,550 was from laptops and other stuff i bet. edibles, so it makes the news. not a lot of omar's partake,so that's good.
There isn't much in the article that adds up. They should have been busted for theft, not conspiracy to distribute.
If you have that much weed, you're distributing... I'm not saying I agree with it, just that every police department in the nation is going to charge you with that...
I guess I was thinking how the agencies care more about enforcing laws that protect their power than laws that protect the citizens. Distributing weed? Where do the dispensaries get their merchandise? From a distributor? I'd rather someone be punished for stealing weed from me, which should be a crime, rather than for selling weed without first paying the government for permission. Go ahead and charge the thieves with distribution but also for theft. Get some payback for the people they actually harmed. It wouldn't surprise me if there were other charges the article failed to mention. It was interesting but short on detail.
it was a story on yahoo. they never leave out things. conspiracy to distribute. i think it means a small amount and they can't prove they sold it. if you stole $1,000 from your job every week for a year. on week 52 when they arrest you,your charged with only stealing $1,000.
52 counts of stealing $1,000, if they had any proof. You make a good point, Maybe they couldn't prove they sold the pot but if they knew they were stealing and selling there must be some kind of evidence or one of them got caught and ratted out the others. I think the cops took the easy way instead of investigating. That's why we should never confess, the confession is frequently the only real proof they have. The rat surely confessed the stealing unless he wasn't directly involved in that part of the op.