Woman Carrying 74 Pounds Of Marijuana Arrested At Logan Airport

BOSTON, MA — A Michigan woman was arrested at Boston's Logan Airport Saturday after attempting to transport 74 pounds of marijuana to London, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office.

The woman, Nalexus Palmer, 28, is facing charges of trafficking marijuana between 50 and 100 pounds, officials said. Her bail was set at $3,000 and she has been ordered to surrender her passport and stay away from Logan Airport "except for legitimate travel."

The discovery was made around 9 p.m. Saturday, when Palmer was found with two large suitcases containing multiple vacuum-sealed bags of marijuana that would have had a street value of $370,000 in London, according to officials.

Palmer, who had flown from Michigan to Boston, 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.

She said that a man whom she had met four years earlier in Atlanta had organized the drop-off, adding that he had provided her with money through Zelle and Cash App and was going to give her money for a car when she arrived in London.

Palmer will return to court May 24 for a probable cause hearing.

Marijuana is illegal in the United Kingdom, 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 County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said. "This defendant discovered that very quickly over the weekend."