A Macomb County woman was arrested Saturday for attempting to transport 74 pounds of vacuum-sealed marijuana to London, where the shipment would have had a street value of $370,000, according to prosecutors.
Nalexus Palmer, 28, of Clinton Township, was charged in East Boston with trafficking marijuana between 50 and 100 pounds.
On Saturday at about 9 p.m. Massachusetts State Troopers were called to Logan Airport in Boston on a report that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents had seized about 74 pounds of suspected marijuana from a passenger.
Palmer 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. She said a man had organized the drop off but that she did not know the man’s name, according to prosecutors.
She said she met the man four years ago in Atlanta and that he has provided her with money through Zelle and Cash App. She said the man was going to give her money for a car when she arrived in London, officials said.
