Police dog sniffs out 92 pounds of weed from luggage at Nashville airport
NASHVILLE, Tenn. October 6 2022 Two men were arrested Tuesday at Nashville International Airport after a police dog sniffed out 92 pounds of marijuana packed into luggage from an arriving flight.
The American Airlines flight—which originated from Los Angeles—had just arrived at BNA from Dallas, Texas, according to the arrest report.
Investigators were working blind runs of the luggage ramp when K9 Officer Havoc gave a narcotics alert on four suitcases belonging to Yiwei Wu and Jiajun Chen.
Officers loaded the luggage back onto the baggage claim conveyor belt. Investigators said two men claimed all four suitcases and attempted to leave the airport but were met by officers.
After a search of the luggage, investigators found a total of 92 pounds of marijuana which had been divided among the four suitcases. Officers said the vacuum-sealed bags of weed appeared to have been covered in Febreze.
Wu and Chen were taken into custody by the BNA Department of Public Safety and booked into the Metro Jail.
